Interesting Images: PDF OnlyIlioportal Shunt During a Venogram/Lung ScanLaMANNA, MARGARET M. M.D.; PARKER, JANET A. M.D. Author Information From the Department of Radiologic Sciences, Division of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Clinical Nuclear Medicine: December 1986 - Volume 11 - Issue 12 - p 875-876 Buy Abstract An interesting case of ilioportal shunting in a patient with seminoma and infrarenal thrombosis of the inferior vena cava, iliac and femoral veins is presented. This case demonstrates the utility of the nuclear venogram/lung scan for revealing venous collaterals in an ilioportal shunt, and illustrates shunting of femoral venous drainage into the mesenteric circulation, the portal veins, and the liver. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
