A Challenging Case of Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Postliver Retransplant Patient with Thrombosed Portal Vein: A Shunt for a Shunt

<div>Contrast-enhanced CT showing both the large splenorenal shunt (SRS) draining the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and splenic vein (SV) into the left renal vein (LRV) and the small transplant portal vein (PV) anastomosed to the inferior vena cava (IVC).</div>

Case Reports in Hepatology

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Figure 2: A Challenging Case of Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Postliver Retransplant Patient with Thrombosed Portal Vein: A Shunt for a Shunt 

Figure 2 | A Challenging Case of Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Postliver Retransplant Patient with Thrombosed Portal Vein: A Shunt for a Shunt 