Portal vein occlusion after biliary metal stent placement in hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Acute symptomatic portal vein obstruction related to biliary stenting is an extremely rare but life-threatening complication. This usually occurs in patients with either tumor invasion into the portal vein or pre-existing portal vein thrombus. Therefore, the portal vein should be carefully evaluated before placing a biliary metallic stent in such patients. We describe a case of acute portal vein obstruction after placing metallic biliary stents in a patient with a periductal-infiltrating type of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Woo
Kyung Hee
KH
Department of Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Jin Bae
JB
Chang
Yoon Jung
YJ
Kim
Hyo Jung
HJ
Baek
Il Hyun
IH
Ko
Jin Seok
JS
Woo
Ji Young
JY
Kim
Hong Dae
HD
Lee
Myung Seok
MS