Items tagged “shunt”

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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) is a treatment for portal hypertension in which direct communication is formed between a hepatic vein and a branch of the portal vein, thus allowing some proportion of portal flow to bypass the liver. The target portosystemic gradient...
Case

Peritoneal CSF pseudocysts

  Diagnosis certain
Paul Simkin
Published 24 Jul 2013
92% complete
CT
Case

Ventriculitis: on a background of congenital hydrocephalus

  Diagnosis certain
Mahmoud Yacout Alabd
Published 01 Mar 2016
95% complete
MRI
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Spina bifida

  Diagnosis almost certain
Ian Bickle
Published 18 Jun 2016
69% complete
X-ray
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Ommaya ventricular access device and VP shunt

  Diagnosis certain
Sally-Ann Price
Published 22 Mar 2017
91% complete
X-ray
Article

Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt classification

This congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt classification was proposed by Park et al. in 1990 1: type 1: single large vessel of constant diameter connecting the right portal vein to the inferior vena cava type 2: localized, peripheral shunt with one or more communications in a single hep...
Case

Ventriculoatrial shunt

  Diagnosis certain
Konstantin Benno Bräutigam
Published 13 Dec 2017
86% complete
MRI X-ray
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Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

The most common cause of pulmonary hypertension in newborns is persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). It occurs in term or late preterms infants, where the fetal shunts persist after birth and fail to close. It falls under group 1.5 of the Dana Point classification system of pu...
Case

CSF overshunting-associated bilateral subdural hematoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Ahmed A. Khawwam
Published 30 Nov 2018
83% complete
CT
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Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

  Diagnosis certain
Roy Waknin
Published 25 Nov 2018
97% complete
X-ray
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Denver shunt

A Denver shunt, or peritoneovenous shunt, is a device used to shunt ascites to the superior vena cava in patients with refractory ascites. The proximal end is located in the peritoneal cavity and the distal end in the superior vena cava, with a subcutaneous course in the anterior chest wall. It...
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus

  Diagnosis almost certain
Mostafa Elfeky
Published 07 Feb 2020
78% complete
Annotated image CT MRI

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