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Medical Principles and Practice. 2017; 26 (3): 286-288
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| ID: emr-188536
RESUMO
Objective: To report on 2 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who were treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt [TIPS] placement
Clinical Presentation and Intervention: The 2 patients had a history of alcoholic cirrhosis, and TIPS surgery was performed on them. In both cases, 4 months after TIPS placement, proteinuria was observed along with histological alterations characteristic of immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis [MPGN]
Conclusion: The TIPS in one patient was successful without Immediate complications, while the other patient was referred for a combined liver-kidney transplant. In both cases, immune complex MPGN might have developed after TIPS placement probably due to a reduced immune complex