Hepatic Encephalopathy due to Congenital Multiple Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts Successfully Treated by Percutaneous Transhepatic Obliteration

Hepatic encephalopathy due to intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts (IPSVS) in a non-cirrhotic condition is rare. Here we report a rare case of a patient with congenital multiple IPSVS successfully treated by percutaneous transhepatic obliteration. The patient was a 67-year-old woman who presente...

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Published in:Case Rep Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Takenaga, Shinsuke, Narita, Kenichi, Matsui, Yo, Fukuda, Kunihiko
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: S. Karger AG 2016
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Single Case
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5156888/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27990104
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000452204
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