Percutaneous transhepatic treatment of a posttransplant portal vein thrombosis and a preexisting spontaneous splenorenal shunt

J I Bilbao; M Arias; J I Herrero; A Iglesias; F Martínez Regueira; P L Alejandre; J M Longo; J Quiroga

doi:10.1007/BF00203685

Percutaneous transhepatic treatment of a posttransplant portal vein thrombosis and a preexisting spontaneous splenorenal shunt

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1995 Sep-Oct;18(5):323-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00203685.

Authors

J I Bilbao¹, M Arias, J I Herrero, A Iglesias, F Martínez Regueira, P L Alejandre, J M Longo, J Quiroga

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Clínica Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.

PMID: 8846474
DOI: 10.1007/BF00203685

Abstract

Percutaneous transhepatic treatment of portal vein thrombosis after liver transplantation in a patient with a preexisting high volume spontaneous splenorenal shunt is presented. Local thrombolysis with urokinase and balloon angioplasty of the main portal vein stenosis were performed followed by shunt embolization to restore hepatopetal portal blood flow.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon
Combined Modality Therapy
Embolization, Therapeutic
Fistula / complications*
Fistula / therapy
Humans
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
Male
Middle Aged
Portal Vein*
Renal Veins*
Splenic Vein*
Thrombolytic Therapy
Thrombosis / etiology
Thrombosis / therapy*