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Case Reports
. 1994 Sep-Oct;17(5):298-300.
doi: 10.1007/BF00192456.

Chronic hepatic encephalopathy due to spontaneous splenorenal shunt: successful treatment by transhepatic shunt embolization

D Vavasseur  1 , C Duvoux, D Cherqui, S Derhy, A Rahmouni, D Dhumeaux, D Mathieu
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Case Reports

Chronic hepatic encephalopathy due to spontaneous splenorenal shunt: successful treatment by transhepatic shunt embolization

D Vavasseur et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1994 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

A spontaneous splenorenal shunt, leading to chronic hepatic encephalopathy, was treated by transhepatic occlusion with coils and Enbucrylate. There were no complications. Hepatic encephalopathy subsided.

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