Percutaneous transhepatic venous angioplasty in a two-yr-old patient with hepatic vein stenosis after partial liver transplantation.
We report one case of severe hepatic vein stenosis, in a two-yr-old pediatric patient with a left lateral split liver transplantation (S2-S3) and severe ascites, in whom color Doppler ultrasound failed to make the diagnosis and transhepatic balloon angioplasty was successfully performed.
Miraglia
Roberto
R
Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy. rmiraglia@ismett.edu
Luca
Angelo
A
Marrone
Gianluca
G
Caruso
Settimo
S
Cintorino
Davide
D
Spada
Marco
M
Gridelli
Bruno
B
D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004106:Dilatation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler