[A rare mesentericocaval shunt in a case of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency].

. We report the rare case of a 27-year-old man with decompensated cirrhosis of the liver caused by a deficiency of α-1-antitrypsin. The patient was sheduled for liver transplantation. Diagnostic procedures prior to surgery revealed an unusual hepatofugal collateral channel with a marked mesenterico-, lieno-, and renocaval shunt