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Look for the tadpole shape of the splenic vein (tail) and portal confluence (head). The pancreas is located anteriorly to the ‘tadpole’. To distinguish the aorta from IVC: The aorta lies to the left of the IVC, is smaller in diameter and is surrounded by a concentric echo-bright area which represents peri-arterial fat.
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Borg, P., Alvi, A.R. (2011). Test. In: Radiological Anatomy for FRCR Part 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13751-8_1
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