Spontaneous spinal epidural haemorrhage complicating transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunting

S McLellan; R de Silva; P A Sandercock; P C Hayes; J Dillon; D Redhead

doi:10.1136/pgmj.73.864.649

Spontaneous spinal epidural haemorrhage complicating transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunting

Postgrad Med J. 1997 Oct;73(864):649-50. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.864.649.

Authors

S McLellan¹, R de Silva, P A Sandercock, P C Hayes, J Dillon, D Redhead

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Neurology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

Abstract

A patient with chronic liver disease and portal hypertension who developed acute spinal cord compression following transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunting is described. Radiological and pathological examinations revealed an epidural haematoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Epidural Space*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / surgery*
Fatal Outcome
Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Intraoperative Complications*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / adverse effects*
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology