TIPS can be lifesaving in acute liver failure associated with portal vein and inferior vena cava thrombosis in a case of Budd Chiari syndrome due to protein S deficiency.
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareily Road, Lucknow 226014, India.
Ashish
A
Verma
Gagan
G
Sharma
Suyash
S
Mohan
Vivek A
VA
Saraswat
Sanjay S
SS
Baijal
D000792:Angiography; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*