For example in the case of Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis complicated by calcium bilirubinate stone dislodging to the common bile duct causing a distended gallbladder by back pressure . ( Where formation of stones are not strictly in gallbladder, hence not fibrotic, but in the intrahepatic bile ducts ).
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Treatment of gastric varices can include injection of the varices with cyanoacrylate glue, or a radiological procedure to decrease the pressure in the portal vein, termed transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt or TIPS . Treatment with intravenous octreotide is also useful to shunt blood flow away from the stomach's circulation.
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While awaiting transplantation, people with HRS often receive other treatments that improve the abnormalities in blood vessel tone, including supportive care with medications, or the insertion of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt ( TIPS ), which is a small shunt placed to reduce blood pressure in the portal vein.
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Ursodiol may be used for biliary stasis, [ also known as intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, to relieve the symptoms of itching, and to decrease infant mortality rate, which is generally believed to be 10 % when Urso is not administered in this fairly rare, and largely undiagnosed pregnancy related disorder.
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These forms were non-Hodgkins lymphoma, liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer, esophagus cancer, melanoma, acute myeloid leukemia, soft-tissue cancer, thyroid cancer, small intestine cancer, vulva, or female genital, cancer, and cancer of various stomach or abdominal cavity membranes _ the peritoneum, omentum and mesentery.
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Among these, many have been characterized and shown to be causally related to diseases present in humans such as cystic fibrosis, adrenoleukodystrophy, Stargadt s disease, drug-resistant tumors, Dubin-Johnson syndrome, Byler s disease, progressive familiar intrahepatic cholestasis, X-linked sideroblastic anemia, ataxia, and persistent and hyperinsulimenic hypoglycemia.
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The shunts found mainly in small dog breeds such as Shih Tzus, Tibetan Spaniels, Miniature Schnauzers and Yorkshire Terriers, and in cats such as Himalayans, and mixed breeds are usually extrahepatic ( outside the liver ), while the shunts found in large dog breeds such as Irish Wolfhounds and Labrador Retrievers tend to be intrahepatic ( inside the liver ).
