Transient hepatofugal portal blood flow after hepatectomy in a patient with cirrhosis: report of a case.
We report herein the case of a 60-year-old man who developed hepatic failure with simultaneous transient hepatofugal portal blood flow after undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied by cirrhosis with a splenorenal shunt. The transient hepatofugal portal blood flow was detected by color Doppler ultrasonography. Following this case report, the possibility of a relationship between hepatofugal portal blood flow, portal-systemic shunts, and postoperative hepatic failure is discussed.
Kajikawa
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Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Harada
A
A
Kobayashi
H
H
Kasai
Y
Y
Nonami
T
T
Nakao
A
A
Takagi
H
H
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011168:Portal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013164:Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color