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• TITLE: Successful transjugular intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt in an ineligible liver transplant patient with primary biliary cirrhosis with refractory ascites and aplastic anemia

  AUTHORS: Christopher M. Moore, George Behrens, Hector Ferral, David H. Van Thiel

  KEYWORDS: Aplastic Anemia; Ascites; Liver Transplantation; Paracentesis; TIPS

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol.3 No.1, February 17, 2013

  ABSTRACT: A transjugular intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt (TIPS) is a standard way to decompress the portal system in cirrhotic patients as a bridge to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Traditionally, TIPS has been indicated for certain portal hypertensive sequelae such as refractory ascites, varices treatment and even hepato-hydrothorax. Herein is a case report on the efficacy of TIPS in an OLT ineligible patient with primary biliary cirrhosis and aplastic anemia who had developed refractive ascites requiring serial paracentesis and esophageal varices. He survived 2.5 years post-TIPS placement and died from complications related to severe leucopenia and the development of sepsis.