The congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a rare anomaly characterized by aplasia or hypoplasia of intrahepatic portal venous branches that generate complete or partial extrahepatic shunting of portal venous intra-systemic veins. The clinical presentation is variable, including nausea, abdominal pain, anorexia, and jaundice. This entity has been associated with other congenital anomalies, and the most common are the cardiovascular anomalies.
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