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PSS Study Guide Test Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Another name for PSS - ANSWERSportosystemic vascular anomaly Define PSS - ANSWERSanomalous vessels that all normal portion blood to drain from the stomach, intestines, pancreas, and spleen and pass directly into the systemic circulation ...

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Another name for PSS - ANSWERSportosystemic vascular anomaly



Define PSS - ANSWERSanomalous vessels that all normal portion blood to drain from the stomach,
intestines, pancreas, and spleen and pass directly into the systemic circulation



What problems do PSS cause? - ANSWERSliver is doesn't have the chance to detoxify blood > build up of
toxins in blood



Tributaries of the portal vein - ANSWERSgastroduodenal v

Splenic v

Cd vena cava

Hepatic vv

Renal vv

Portal v



TQ!!! What is the ONLY v that should be going into the caudal vena cava after the renal and hepatic vv? -
ANSWERSphrenico-abdominal v enters the vena cava 1 cm cranial to renal vein



What spp has PSS more commonly? - ANSWERSdogs more than cats



PSS: most common vascular anomalies (7) - ANSWERSporto-caval shunt

Porto-azygos shunt

Splanchnic-caval shunt > portal v atresia

Splenic-caval shunt

Gastric-mesenteric- or gastroduodenal caval

, Persistent ductus venosus

Microvascular dysplasia



Another name for microvascular dysplasia - ANSWERSportal v hypoplasia



Breed predilection for microvascular dysplasia - ANSWERSyorkies and terriers



What is microvascular dysplasia - ANSWERSshunting at microvascular level of the portal hepatic
capillaries



Why is microvascular dysplasia NOT amenable for sx? - ANSWERSno a dx macroscopic shunt

At the level of capillaries

Can only be managed medically



Extrahepatic shunt - ANSWERSanomalous vessel is located OUTSIDE the hepatic parenchyma



Intrahepatic shunt - ANSWERSanomalous vessel is located WITHIN the hepatic parenchyma



PSS: multiple shunts is usually associated with which form? - ANSWERSacquired



What does a normal portal venogram look like? - ANSWERSportal vein dividing into R and L brr



What does an extrahepatic shunt venogram look like? - ANSWERSoutside the liver parenchyma

No arborizing through the liver



What does an intrahepatic shunt venogram look like? - ANSWERSno "tree"

Just a dilated vessel full of blood bypassing the liver



Breeds that get intrahepatic shunts - ANSWERSmedium to large breeds

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