Congenital intrahepatic porto-systemic venous shunt with galactosemia.

خبرها ونظرهای پزشکی (MEDICAL NEWS AND VIEWS] (تازه‌هایی در مورد کبد ) Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto - systemic Shunt (TIPS)‌کاربرد

Perioperative management of spontaneous splenorenal shunts in orthotopic liver transplant patients.

OBJECTIVES Spontaneous splenorenal shunts cause significant vascular steal from the liver. There is no accepted algorithm for treating spontaneous splenorenal shunts before, during, or after liver transplant, and evidence for efficacy of treatments remains limited. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the literature, and our institution's experience regarding spontaneous splenorenal shunts, incl...

Intrahepatic aneurysmal portohepatic venous shunt: what should be done?

Aneurysmal portohepatic venous shunt is communication between the branches of portal and hepatic veins that shows aneurysmal dilatation. They are rare. However with advances in cross-sectional imaging techniques and increased utilization of imaging modalities, the detection of asymptomatic intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts has increased. Identification and characterization of the portosy...

Congenital Portosystemic Shunt: Our Experience

Introduction. Congenital portosystemic venous malformations are rare abnormalities in which the portal blood drains into a systemic vein and which are characterized by extreme clinical variability. Case Presentations. The authors present two case reports of a congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (Type II). In the first patient, apparently nonspecific symptoms, such as headache and fatigu...

Congenital intrahepatic arterio-portosystemic venous shunt mimicking infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection