Spontaneous resolution of a portal vein stenosis over a 21-month period in a "split-liver" transplant: demonstration by colour Doppler ultrasound, catheter angiography and splenic pulp pressures.
Portal vein stenosis in a "split-liver" transplant patient is demonstrated on colour Doppler ultrasound and indirect portography with raised splenic pulp pressures which resolves over a 21-month period without surgical or radiological intervention. When a portal vein stenosis in a liver transplant is encountered without severe derangement of liver function tests or signs of portal hypertension, regular follow-up colour Doppler ultrasound surveillance allows for evidence of spontaneous resolution.
Department of Radiology and Liver Institute, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Mohammed
M
Hamady
Mohammed
M
Rela
Paul S
PS
Sidhu
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011169:Portal Vein; D011172:Portography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color