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Traesjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in portai vein thrombosis: Role of the right gastric vein with anomalous insertion

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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) was performed in two patients with portal vein thrombosis. In both patients, hepatopetal flow had been maintained by an anomalous insertion of the right gastric vein (RGV) into the portal vein bifurcation and into the left portal branch respectively. In one patient, the main portal trunk could not be recanalized and the RGV was used as an accessory portal vein to place one stent for TIPS. In the other case, access through the partial portal-vein occlusion was gained and three stents were placed from the hepatic vein to the main portal vein distal to the thrombus. In portal vein thrombosis, the aberrant insertion of the RGV into the left or right portal branches may maintain patency of the intrahepatic portal system and, in case of unsuccessful recanalization of the porta, may represent the sole pathway for placing a TIPS

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  1. Department of Radiology, III Cattedra, University “La Sapienzu”, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Mario Bezzi M.D., Laura Broglia, Alessandro A Lemos & Plinio Rossi

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Bezzi, M., Broglia, L., Lemos, A.A. et al. Traesjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in portai vein thrombosis: Role of the right gastric vein with anomalous insertion. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 18, 102–105 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02807231

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