17 documents found, page 1 of 2

Controlled expansion stent grafts versus legacy stent grafts for transjugular i...

Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.; Purpose: Assess incidence of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in patients treated with 8-10 mm Controlled Expansion diameter VIATORR® (VCX) versus 10 mm diameter first-generation VIATORR® (Legacy) stent-grafts. Materials and methods: Single-centre retrospective study (January 2015 to March 2024), including 132 adul...

Refractory Duodenal Ulcer in a Patient With Median Arcuate Ligament Compression

© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology.; Flexible esophagogastroduodenoscopy is the gold standard for the management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. This is a case of a man who was admitted in the emergency department because of melena with hypotension because of an ulcer in the anterior face of the duodenal bulb, refractory...

Aggressive Giant Extraskeletal Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Thigh

Aneurysmal bone cysts are vascular benign fibroblastic lesions usually found in bone that are locally destructive, with a greater incidence in the first and second decades of life. Patients usually undergo curettage or, less frequently, surgical resection, which may lead to growth disturbances and deformities in cases of large or complex lesions. Minimally invasive techniques such as sclerotherapy and endovascu...

Adrenal Vein Sampling in the Management of Primary Aldosteronism

Copyright © 2023 Inês Manique et al.; INTRODUCTION: Primary aldosteronism is the most common cause of secondary hypertension. Adrenal vein sampling is the gold standard for subtyping primary aldosteronism. However, this procedure is technically challenging and often has a low success rate. Our center is one of the very few performing this technique in our country with an increasing experience. OBJECTIVE: The ai...

Genetic Contribution of the Adrenergic, Cholinergic, and Serotonergic Systems t...

Funding Information: study, we conclude that the ADBR2 and CHRNA5 genes have a relevant role in the development of leiomyoma. This role appears to be enhanced by the epistatic relationship with the genes HTR2A and SLC6A4. This study, confirms the involvement of the Autonomous Nervous System in tumor biology, along with the genetics of the mechanisms, involved in chronic stress. By highlighting and helping to el...

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour of the Common Bile Duct

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour is a rare entity of indeterminate biological potential with a reduced tendency for recurrence and metastasis. Although it can arise from multiple organs, the bile duct is a very rare site of origin. We report the case of a 75-year-old asymptomatic male with elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase [1575 U/L (12 - 64 U/L)] and alkaline phosphatase [271 U/L (40 - 150 U/L)]. Computed...

Portal vein embolization, biembolization, and liver venous deprivation

Retrospective Study of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement ...

Background and Aims: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is used for decompressing clinically significant portal hypertension. The aims of this study were to evaluate clinical outcomes and adverse events associated with this procedure. Methods: Retrospective single-center study including 78 patients submitted to TIPS placement between January 2015 and November 2018. Follow-up data were missing ...

Transarterial Embolization of Iatrogenic Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm

Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm (CAP) is a rare entity most often resulting from inflammatory conditions (acute cholecystitis or pancreatitis) or iatrogenic trauma (cholecystectomy). We report the case of a 73-year-old female who presented with abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding after an episode of acute cholecystitis and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for choledocolithiasis removal. Comp...

“Primum Non Nocere” in Interventional Oncology for Liver Cancer

Interventional oncology represents a relatively new clinical discipline based upon minimally invasive therapies applicable to almost every human organ and disease. Over the last several decades, rapidly evolving research developments have introduced a newer generation of treatment devices, reagents, and image-guidance systems to expand the armamentarium of interventional oncology across a wide spectrum of disea...