Can Umbilical Vein Varix?

Fetal intra-abdominal umbilical vein varix (FIUVV) is a rare pathology and suggests an enlargement of the umbilical vein. Prenatal diagnosis is done through meticulous ultrasound imaging. Management variables are the diameter of varix, presence or absence of turbulent flow, and fetal anomalies.

What is an umbilical Varix?

Fetal intra-abdominal umbilical vein (FIUV) varix is a focal dilatation of the intra-abdominal portion of the umbilical vein, which has been reported to be associated with intrauterine death and other anomalies.

Does the umbilical vein become the portal vein?

Once it enters the fetus at the umbilicus, it courses upwards towards the liver in the falciform ligament and enters the liver at the porta hepatis joining with the left portal vein.