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Transient Hemolytic Anemia after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunt

Management of variceal bleeding secondary to portal hypertension constitutes a challenging issue, particularly in child's C cirrhotic patients. Recently, transjugular placement of self-expanding metallic stents in the liver (TIPS), creating a shunt between the portal and hepatic branches has pr...

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Autores principales: Garcia-Rebollo, Sagrario, González-Reimers, Emilio, Santolaria-Fernández, Francisco, Diaz-Romero, Francisco, Rodriguez-Moreno, Fermin, Martinez-Riera, Antonio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1996
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2443768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8809588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/19343
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Sumario:Management of variceal bleeding secondary to portal hypertension constitutes a challenging issue, particularly in child's C cirrhotic patients. Recently, transjugular placement of self-expanding metallic stents in the liver (TIPS), creating a shunt between the portal and hepatic branches has provided a safe and promising therapeutic approach in this clinical situation. We report here the case of a 66-year-old male cirrhotic patient who developed a moderately severe clinical picture of a Coombsnegative hemolytic anemia (serum hemoglobin, 93 g/l, serum bilirubin 160.74 umol/L (9.4 mg/dl), indirect 6.3 mg/dl (107.73 umol/L); serum LDH 1220 u/l, reticulocytes, 5.1%. serum ferritin, 1221 ug/1, schistocytes in peripheral blood smear) the week after undergoing a TIPS, suggesting the development ofa microangiopathic hemolytic anaemia secondary to red blood cell disruption by passing through the metallic network of the stent.