Chronic rejection and extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction 8 years after orthotopic liver transplantation using the gallbladder-conduit technique.
A case of delayed biliary obstruction and cholangitis, occurring in the setting of chronic allograft rejection, 8 years after liver transplantation using the gallbladder-conduit, is presented. Extrahepatic biliary obstruction may be seen in the late follow-up of liver grafting and rejection phenomena may play a significant role in the development of such obstruction.
Lerut
J
J
Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital, Berne.
Zimmermann
A
A
Gertsch
P
P
Preisig
R
R
Blumgart
L H
LH
D000328:Adult; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000209:etiology; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous