Portal Hypertension Related to Schistosomiasis Treated With a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis represents the most common form of chronic intestinal schistosomiasis. Liver periportal fibrosis, leading to portal hypertension, is the major cause of disease morbidity and mortality, due to massive bleeding of esophageal or gastric varices.1