Spontaneous aneurysmal intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt
โ Scribed by Pavel G. Tarazov
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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โฆ Synopsis
A 55-year-old man with hepatic cirrhosis, gastroesophageal varices, ascites, slight abdominal pain, and transient encephalopathy experienced unexpected spontaneous relief of his symptoms during hospitalization. Percutaneous transhepatic portography showed an aneurysmal intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt. Three years later, the shunt was still patent and had led to disappearance of the patient' s varices and ascites. The patient remains stable 6 years later.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
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
A Case-Controlled Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts After Liver Transplantation.'' 1 We published the outcomes for 26 patients who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement for intractable ascites after liver transplanta