title: Left-lobe hepatic transplants: spectrum of normal imaging findings.
abstract: The limited availability of suitable size-matched donor whole organs has been a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children requiring liver transplantation. Techniques for transplanting segments of the liver have successfully addressed this problem. The surgical anatomy of the left hepatic lobe transplant is unique in three primary respects: the cut edge, the presence of an enteric Roux loop for biliary drainage, and the alteration in the position and number of hepatic vessels. The spectrum of normal imaging findings in 17 left-lobe allografts is illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Strife
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Babcock
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Ryckman
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media