SPONTANEOUS ANEURYSMAL INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC VENOUS SHUNT

Authors
TARAZOV PG
Citation
Pg. Tarazov, SPONTANEOUS ANEURYSMAL INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC VENOUS SHUNT, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 17(1), 1994, pp. 44-45
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
44 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1994)17:1<44:SAIPVS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A 55-year-old man with hepatic cirrhosis, gastroesophageal varices, as cites, slight abdominal pain, and transient encephalopathy experienced unexpected spontaneous relief of his symptoms during hospitalization. Percutaneous transhepatic portography showed an aneurysmal intrahepat ic portosystemic venous shunt. Three years later, the shunt was still patent and had led to disappearance of the patient's varices and ascit es. The patient remains stable 6 years later.