Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts: The Advantages and the Limitations of Ultrasonography
β Scribed by Zu-Yau Lin
- Book ID
- 117630061
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0929-6441
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Spontaneous portosystemic venous shunts (SPVSs) within the hepatic parenchyma are rare. Fewer than 50 cases have been reported, and most of them were diagnosed by angiography. We present a case of SPVS diagnosed by color Doppler sonography in a 5-year-old boy admitted for bleeding due to rupture of
jects. However, it is self-limited and rarely requires SEE EDITORIAL ON PAGE 177. intervention. Potential mechanisms of such hemolysis are discussed. TIPS is also not recommended as a means of improving platelet counts in patients with Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) severe hyp