Ultrasound pictures of Umbilical vein within ligamentum teres.

Transverse duplex Doppler sonogram in a normal adult shows the ligamentum teres fissure (arrow) separating the lateral (L) and medial (M) segments of the left hepatic lobe. Note hepatopedal flow (below the Doppler baseline) in a persistently patent umbilical vein.

 

Ultrasound pictures of Umbilical vein within ligamentum teres.