title: Portal vein occlusion after biliary metal stent placement in hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Jin Bae
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yoon Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hyo Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Il Hyun
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Jin Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Hong Dae
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung Seok
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee