Terreni Natalia, Vangeli Marcello, Raimondo Maria Luisa, Tibballs Jonathan M, Patch David, Burroughs Andrew K
The Sheila Sherlock Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Liver Transplantation Unit, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, HampsteadLondon NW3 2QG, UK.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2007 Sep-Oct;30(5):1065-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9067-9. Epub 2007 Jun 2.
Late intrahepatic hematoma is a rare complication of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure. We describe a patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS), who presented with a large inrahepatic hematoma 13 days after TIPS. Review of the literature reveals only two previous cases, both occurring in patients with BCS and presenting after a similar time interval. This potentially serious complication appears to be specific for TIPS in BCS.