Vascular Complication of a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portacaval Stent

The percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portacaval stent shunt is a nonsurgical approach to portosystemic shunting. The case of a large defect seen on a radiocolloid liver-spleen scan is attributed to a hepatic infarct related to the shunting procedure.

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1993-11, Vol.18 (11), p.955-957
Main Authors: VILLEMAIRE, JEAN-MARC, DUFRESNE, MICHEL-PIERRE, LEBOUTHILLIER, GILLES, PICARD, DANIEL, MORAIS, JACQUES, CHARTRAND, RAYMONDE, PICARD, MICHEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - surgery
Humans
Hypertension, Portal - surgery
Infarction - diagnostic imaging
Infarction - etiology
Liver - blood supply
Liver - diagnostic imaging
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Other diseases. Semiology
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical - methods
Radionuclide Imaging
Stents - adverse effects
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Summary:The percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portacaval stent shunt is a nonsurgical approach to portosystemic shunting. The case of a large defect seen on a radiocolloid liver-spleen scan is attributed to a hepatic infarct related to the shunting procedure.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199311000-00005