Arterioportal fistula (APF) is an uncommon cause of portal hypertension. We report a case of APF that first came to clinical attention more than 40 years after the inciting event (a liver biopsy), when the patient developed refractory ascites.
Choledochoduodenal fistula after liver transplantation
β Scribed by Christoph R. Werner; Ulrich M. Lauer; Christoph P. Berg; Stephan Kaiser; Burkhard Ludescher; Oliver Luz; Ruth Ladurner; Michael Gregor; Florian Graepler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21233
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