an aperture in an organ, such as the liver, esp one providing an opening for blood vessels
Word origin
C14: from Latin: gate, entrance
porta- in American English
(ˈpɔrtə)
portable
: also sp. ˈport-a-
Examples of 'porta' in a sentence
porta
The duct size at the porta hepatis did not correlate with age or surgical outcome.
Rajib Ray Baruah, Veereshwar Bhatnagar, Sandeep Agarwala, Siddhartha Datta Gupta 2015, 'Correlation of pre- and post-operative liver function, duct diameter at porta hepatis,and portal fibrosis with surgical outcomes in biliary atresia', Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeonshttp://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2015;volume=20;issue=4;spage=184;epage=188;aulast=Baruah. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
On right upper quadrant ultrasound, acystic mass was seen at the porta hepatis.
Amrik Singh, Gaurav Bhalla 2011, 'Life Threatening Anaphylaxis during the Aspiration of a Hydatid Cyst', Electronic Physicianhttp://ephysician.ir/2011/396-398.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A 30-day-old female infant presented with a cystic lesion at the porta hepatis.
Naoya Sakamoto, Toshihiro Muraji, Kouji Masumoto, Toshihiro Yanai, Kentaro Ono 2018, 'Intrahepatic biliary cyst after a Kasai procedure', Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221357661730235X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Porta hepatis was present below the new lobe.
Rajani Singh 2013, 'Hypoplastic Left Lobe of Liver with Accessory Caudate Lobe', Case Reports in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/604513. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Liver and porta hepatis were examined histologically.
Escanhoela Cecília AF, Costa Sandra CB, Andrade Paula D, De Tommaso Adriana MA, HesselGabriel 2005, 'High frequency of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA in the Liver of Infants with ExtrahepaticNeonatal Cholestasis', BMC Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/5/108. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography did not reveal any mass in the porta hepatis.
Vishnu Banumukala, Adarsh Babu 2008, 'Spontaneous Resolution of Portal Vein Thrombosis', Case Reports in Gastroenterologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/164619. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Infiltration of lymphocytes was detected in the porta hepatis.
Kosuke Endo, Akiko Yokoi, Yasuhiko Mishima, Akihiko Tamaki, Keiichi Morita, YuichiOkata, Chieko Hisamatsu, Hiroaki Fukuzawa, Makiko Yoshida, Yoshinobu Akasaka, KosakuMaeda 2017, 'A case of biliary atresia with pancreaticobiliary maljunction', Surgical Case Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-017-0375-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Another 74-year-old male was admitted with jaundice due to a tumor in the porta hepatis.
Nobuaki Ochi, Nagio Takigawa, Masayuki Yasugi, et al 2010, 'Obstructive jaundice at the initial presentation in small-cell lung cancer', International Medical Case Reports Journalhttp://www.dovepress.com/obstructive-jaundice-at-the-initial-presentation-in-small-cell-lung-ca-a4013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Wedge biopsies of the liver and biopsies from the porta hepatis were analyzed with hemotoxylin-eosinstains and immunohistochemistry.
Roy Paromita, Chatterjee Uttara, Ganguli M, Banerjee Sugato, Chatterjee S, Basu A 2010, 'A histopathological study of liver and biliary remnants with clinical outcome in casesof extrahepatic biliary atresia', Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiologyhttp://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2010;volume=53;issue=1;spage=101;epage=105;aulast=Roy. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Abdominal ultrasound showed a small gallbladder with hyperechogenicity in porta hepatisand absence of biliary principal duct.
Lopez M, Kalfa N, Forgues D, Guibal M, Galifer R, Allal H 2007, 'Early laparoscopic Kasai′s procedure in a low weight newborn', Journal of Minimal Access Surgeryhttp://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2007;volume=3;issue=2;spage=66;epage=69;aulast=Lopez. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)