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Acta Med Port
; 7(3): 177-80, 1994 Mar.
Artigo
em Português
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8209705
RESUMO
The case of a 66-year-old woman with several episodes of hemorrhage by esophageal varices and ascites due to portal hypertension is presented. Despite 4 sessions of endoscopic sclerotherapy bleeding recurred. A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was performed. In the 10 months following the intervention, there was no further hemorrhage, the ascites disappeared and the shunt is open.