Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 4
Letter to the Editor
Portosystemic venous shunt: portocaval fistula in a patient with biliary cirrhosis secondary to a right hepatectomy for hydatidosis

268-269

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5148/2017

Marta Isabel Díaz de la Torre, Cristina Suárez Ferrer, Antonio Olveira Martín,

Abstract
Major intrahepatic venous shunts are rare conditions where a communication between hepatic veins and intrahepatic portal vessels is established. Potential spontaneous development has been proposed in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension (PHT).
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Díaz de la Torre M, Suárez Ferrer C, Olveira Martín A. Portosystemic venous shunt: portocaval fistula in a patient with biliary cirrhosis secondary to a right hepatectomy for hydatidosis. 5148/2017


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Publication history

Received: 28/06/2017

Accepted: 26/11/2017

Online First: 01/03/2018

Published: 02/04/2018

Article revision time: 94 days

Article Online First time: 246 days

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