Embolization of a paraumbilical shunt by the transparaumbilical venous approach and one-sheath inverse method: A case report

We describe treatment of a 53-year-old man with chronic hepatic encephalopathy. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrated a recanalized paraumbilical vein as a portosystemic shunt connecting the left branch of the portal vein and bilateral iliac veins. Percutaneous embolization was performe...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Kamada, MD, PhD, Hideki Ota, MD, PhD, Kazumasa Seiji, MD, PhD, Kei Takase, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043320304234