The role of ultrasound examination in early detection and follow-up of arterio-portal shunts

Aim: To underline the importance of ultrasound examination in the diagnosis and follow-up of arterio-portal shunts of different causes, by comparatively presenting the case of 2 patients followed in the Center of Internal Medicine of Fundeni Clinical Institute, who developed this type of shunt. Case 1: Female patient, 54 years old, with a history of cholecistectomy (1997), in our observation since 2001 and diagnosed with primitive biliary cirrhosis in 2002, when liver biopsy was performed. In November 2006 during a routine medical check-up in our center, standard 2D US and Doppler US showed an arterio-portal shu…