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Acute Budd-Chiari syndrome: treatment with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. 1997

H M Strunk, and J Textor, and K A Brensing, and H H Schild

Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freund-Strasse 27, D-53127 Bonn, Germany.

The case of a 28-year-old man with acute Budd-Chiari syndrome due to veno-occlusive disease is reported. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) was performed after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, duplex sonographic and abdominal computed tomographic examination, inferior cavogram with hepatic venous catheterization, and transvenous biopsy. A 10-mm parenchymal tract was created. The patient did well after the procedure; ascites resolved and liver function improved markedly. The shunt has remained patent up to now for 6 months.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D006502	Budd-Chiari Syndrome	A condition in which the hepatic venous outflow is obstructed anywhere from the small HEPATIC VEINS to the junction of the INFERIOR VENA CAVA and the RIGHT ATRIUM. Usually the blockage is extrahepatic and caused by blood clots (THROMBUS) or fibrous webs. Parenchymal FIBROSIS is uncommon.	Chiari's Syndrome,Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction,Hepatic Vein Thrombosis,Budd Chiari Syndrome,Chiari Syndrome,Chiaris Syndrome,Hepatic Vein Thromboses,Thromboses, Hepatic Vein,Thrombosis, Hepatic Vein,Vein Thromboses, Hepatic,Vein Thrombosis, Hepatic
D006504	Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease	Liver disease that is caused by injuries to the ENDOTHELIAL CELLS of the vessels and subendothelial EDEMA, but not by THROMBOSIS. Extracellular matrix, rich in FIBRONECTINS, is usually deposited around the HEPATIC VEINS leading to venous outflow occlusion and sinusoidal obstruction.	Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome,Veno-Occlusive Disease, Hepatic,Hepatic Veno Occlusive Disease,Disease, Hepatic Veno-Occlusive,Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Diseases,Syndrome, Sinusoidal Obstruction,Veno Occlusive Disease, Hepatic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208	Acute Disease	Disease having a short and relatively severe course.	Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D019168	Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic	A type of surgical portasystemic shunt to reduce portal hypertension with associated complications of esophageal varices and ascites. It is performed percutaneously through the jugular vein and involves the creation of an intrahepatic shunt between the hepatic vein and portal vein. The channel is maintained by a metallic stent. The procedure can be performed in patients who have failed sclerotherapy and is an additional option to the surgical techniques of portocaval, mesocaval, and splenorenal shunts. It takes one to three hours to perform. (JAMA 1995;273(23):1824-30)	Portosystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic,TIPS,TIPSS,Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic Portasystemic,Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic,Transjugular Intrahepatic Portasystemic Shunt