title: Fatty liver caused by portal vein thrombosis after living donor liver transplantation: a case report.
abstract: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a rare complication that occurs after liver transplantation: however, it cannot be ignored as a cause of graft loss and death. We herein report a pediatric case of PVT that caused a fatty change in the graft after living donor liver transplantation. The portal vein was successfully reconstructed using the left great saphenous vein of the same donor. Moreover, the fatty liver recovered after the operation. Our case suggests that the finding of fatty liver is an important marker of PVT and immediate portal reconstruction is performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. ogita@pedsurg.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogita
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ieiri
authors.forename: Shunsaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katsura
authors.forename: Narito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Tomoharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizumi
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
authors.forename: Sachiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suita
mesh_terms: D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors; D011169:Portal Vein; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery