title: A liver with polycystic liver disease as graft for orthotopic liver transplantation.
abstract: Donor organ shortage calls for widening of criteria for organ transplantation. In exceptional cases, even livers with macroscopic alterations may be accepted for transplantation. The case of a patient who received a liver graft from a donor with previously unknown adult polycystic degeneration is reported. The liver showed only small bilobar cysts with less than 10% of hepatic replacement and was successfully used for orthotopic liver transplantation. Two years after transplantation the patient is in good clinical condition and has returned to work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Virchow-Clinic, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glanemann
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Bechstein
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Langrehr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knoop
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raakow
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed