Rare spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in hepatitis B-induced cirrhosis: A case report

Table 1 Clinical characteristics and treatment of spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in literature reports

Report-ers	Country	Sex	Old (yr)	History of liver disease	Encephalopathy	Serum ammonia	Liver function test	Splenomegaly	The maximum diameters of shunt
Kwon et al[10]	Korea	Woman	42	No	Yes	146 μg/dL	ALT, 152 U/L; AST, 112 U/L;	No	30.4 mm
Qi et al[20]	China	Man	58	Cirrhosis (HBV)	No	35 μmol/L	TBIL, 48.9 μmol/L, ALT, 66.04 U/L, AST, 93.11 U/L	Moderate	ND
Tsauo et al[21]	China	Woman	36	Cirrhosis (AIH)	ND	ND	ND	Yes	ND
Vennarecci et al[18]	Italy	ND	ND	ND	Yes	ND	ND	Yes	ND
Lalonde et al[12]	Belgium	Man	15	No	No	ND	Abnormal liver function	No	20 mm
Peng-Xu Ding et al[14]	China	Woman	42	Cirrhosis (HCV)		ND	ND	ND	ND

TBIL: Total bilirubin; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALB: Albumin; ND: No describe; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis.