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Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt diagnosed during intrauterine life

Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2016
Objective: To report a patient with prenatal diagnosis of portosystemic shunt; a rare condition in humans. Case description: 17-Day-old female infant admitted for investigation of suspected diagnosis of portosystemic shunt, presumed in obstetric ...
Camila Vieira Bellettini, Rafaela Wagner, Aleocídio Sette Balzanelo, André Luis de Souza Andretta, Arthur Nascimento de Moura, Catia Carolina Fabris, Eduardo Maranhão Gubert   +6 more
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Spontaneous Resolution of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt [PDF]

Acta Medica Lituanica
Congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are a rare type of congenital abnormality. It results from abnormal embryonic development by the fourth week of fetal life.
Taraprasad Tripathy, Sandeep Behera, Ranjan Patel, Tanmay Dutta, Aditi Kumar, Amit Kumar Satpathy   +5 more
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Etiology and treatment of recurrent consciousness disorders following hepatobiliary surgery: Insights from a portosystemic shunt case study [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research
Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt is a rare vascular anomaly that can occur congenitally or iatrogenically, leading to hyperammonemia and neurological complications such as hepatic encephalopathy.
Yaling Jin, Yuguang Wang, Weiting Chen, Hui Wang   +3 more
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A pediatric case of portosystemic shunt presenting hypoxemia with brain abscess in an emergency department [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2023
Portosystemic shunt is a rare congenital vascular anomaly. The shunt is hard to clinically suspect because its symptoms develop insidiously and affect various systems at different time points.
Seong Taek Hwang, Jun Sung Park
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First Report of Fulminant Budd-Chiari Syndrome Treated by Direct Intrahepatic Portocaval Shunt in Vietnam

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare disorder caused by hepatic venous outflow obstruction that can lead to acute liver failure proposing liver transplantation or transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
Thai Van Nguyen, Thinh Tien Nguyen, Hoang Duc Dong, Huy Quang Duong   +3 more
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Caution for living donor liver transplantation with congenital portosystemic shunt: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2022
Background Congenital portosystemic shunt is an infrequent abnormal connection between the portal vascular system and the systemic circulation. Portosystemic shunts are common findings in patients with cirrhosis, causing gastroesophageal varices, hepatic
Yoshihiro Nagao, Katsuya Toshida, Akinari Morinaga, Takahiro Tomiyama, Yukiko Kosai, Tomonari Shimagaki, Takahiro Tomino, Huanlin Wang, Takeshi Kurihara, Takeo Toshima, Kazutoyo Morita, Shinji Itoh, Noboru Harada, Tomoharu Yoshizumi   +13 more
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Laparoscopic portosystemic shunt attenuation in two cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2022
Case series summary Gradual attenuation of an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt using cellophane banding was achieved with a laparoscopic technique in two cats.
Francesca Izzo, Edoardo Poggi, Francisco J Pérez Duarte, Filippo Cinti   +3 more
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Progress of pulmonary hypertension and high manganese levels through congenital portosystemic shunt closure

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
A 6‐year‐old girl with congenital portosystemic shunt presented with abnormal manganese levels and improving pulmonary hypertension even 1 year after shunt vascular ligation. As the progress after portal vein blood flow recovery varies among individuals,
Toshihiko Kakiuchi, Yuta Baba, Nobuya Minematsu, Hirohito Doi, Takashi Kumamoto   +4 more
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Percutaneous transhepatic obliteration of a large portosystemic shunt associated with hepatic encephalopathy using a technique of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection inside hydrogel-coated coils: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Portosystemic shunts with cirrhosis may lead to hepatic encephalopathy (HE), which is often pharmacotherapy-resistant. We report a case of a 66-year-old female patient diagnosed with alcoholic cirrhosis and uncontrolled HE.
Yosuke Nozawa, MD, Koichi Masuda, MD, Tadashi Katayama, MD, Yuko Kobashi, MD, PhD, Koshi Ikeda, MD, PhD, Taiga Suzuki, MD, Takeshi Fukuda, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Attenuation of congenital portosystemic shunt reduces inflammation in dogs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. One of the most significant complications in patients with liver disease is the development of neurological disturbances, termed hepatic encephalopathy. The pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy
Michael S Tivers, Ian Handel, Adam G Gow, Victoria J Lipscomb, Rajiv Jalan, Richard J Mellanby   +5 more
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