title: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for the treatment of intractable ascites in a patient with polycystic liver disease.
abstract: Though polycystic liver disease (PCLD) has historically been considered a contraindication to TIPS, we present a case where technically successful shunt creation was achieved without the need for modification of the standard TIPS procedure, as was required in a previous report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University Hospital, 150 Bergen Street, UH C-320 Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Bahramipour
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biswal
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wachsberg
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler