Interventional radiologist treatment for inferior vena caval thrombosis in a liver transplant recipient.
Vascular complications remain an important cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality in liver transplant patients. There is no elective treatment and the need for retransplantation is common. Herein, we have reported an unusual case of nonanastomotic inferior vena cava thrombosis in a patient with a piggyback caval anastomosis. The conditions was successfully treated with catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy and endovascular stent placement.
Alonso
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Department of Digestive Surgery, CHU A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain. lalofer@canalejo.org
Alvite
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Seoane
M
M
Berdeal
M
M
Pérez
J
J
Marini
M
M
Cao
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Gómez
M
M
Aguirrezabalaga
J
J
Quintela
J
J
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*