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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in a Child with Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Technical Modification and Extended Followup

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An 8-year-old girl with Budd-Chiari syndrome presented with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and ascites. TIPS to decompress the portal hypertension was performed by puncturing the portal vein directly from the inferior vena cava. The shunt remains patent after 3 years without requiring secondary intervention.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Instituto da Criança "Prof. Pedro de Alcântara", University of Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 647, São Paulo 05403-900, Brazil, , , , , , BRAZIL

    Francisco Cesar Carnevale & Jose Guilherme M. P. Caldas

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, , Instituto da Criança "Prof. Pedro de Alcântara", University of Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 647, São Paulo 05403-900, Brazil, , , , , , BRAZIL

    João Gilberto Maksoud

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Carnevale, F., Caldas, J. & Maksoud, J. Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in a Child with Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Technical Modification and Extended Followup. CVIR 25, 224–226 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-001-0098-3

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