title: Multiple intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts: treatment by portal vein embolization.
abstract: A rare case of symptomatic, multiple, intrahepatic, portosystemic venous shunts which was treated by portal vein embolization after surgical cannulation is reported. The patient, having suffered from hepatic encephalopathy, improved dramatically after embolization. This method might be the only choice of therapy for intrahepatic portosystemic shunts of this kind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saga Prefectural Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Andou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimoda
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000628:therapy*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D013193:Stainless Steel; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel