Peliosis hepatis in a living related liver transplantation donor candidate.
Peliosis hepatis is a rare benign condition histologically characterized by multiple cystic blood-filled spaces distributed throughout the liver parenchyma. Peliosis hepatis has been associated with malignancies, immunosuppression, infections and medications. We report a case of peliosis hepatis in a candidate for living liver donation, which regressed with restitutio ad integrum, after the noxious stimulus was stopped. We conclude that after diagnosis of peliosis hepatis is established and its cause is removed, simple radiographic imaging is sufficient to document the restitutio ad integrum of the parenchyma, avoiding repeat histological confirmation.
Testa
Giuliano
G
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Panaro
Fabrizio
F
Sankary
Howard
H
Chejfec
Gregorio
G
Mohanty
Smruti
S
Benedetti
Enrico
E
Layden
Thomas
T
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D010382:Peliosis Hepatis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed