title: Hepatic artery-portal vein fistula formation after percutaneous liver biopsy in a living liver donor.
abstract: Percutaneous liver biopsy is a relatively safe method of assessing liver histology in living subjects. The current report depicts a case of arterioportal fistula in a living liver donor who underwent percutaneous liver biopsy as part of the routine transplant workup at our institution. The experience questions the utility of routine percutaneous liver biopsies as part of the living liver donor screening.
authors.affiliation: Center for Liver, Biliary and Pancreas Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA. sgabriel@alumni.usc.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Maroney
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ringe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein