title: Peliosis hepatis in a living related liver transplantation donor candidate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Panaro
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sankary
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chejfec
authors.forename: Smruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Layden
mesh_terms: 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