Liver transplantation for polycystic liver with massive hepatomegaly: a case report.
A previous study has shown that liver or combined liver-kidney transplantation can be a valuable surgical technique for the treatment of polycystic liver disease. Herein, we present the case of a 35-year-old woman with polycystic liver disease, who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) on November 11, 2008. The whole-size graft was taken from a deceased donor (a 51-year-old man who died of a heart attack). Resection in a patient with massive hepatomegaly is very difficult. Thus, after intercepting the portal hepatic vein, left hepatectomy was performed, then the vena cava was intercepted, the second and third porta hepatic isolated, and finally, right hepatectomy was performed. OLT was performed successfully. The recipient did well after transplantation. This case suggested that OLT is an effective therapeutic option for polycystic liver disease and left hepatectomy can be performed first during OLT if the liver is over enlarged.
Department of Liver Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, The National Institute of Living Donor Liver Transplantation, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.
Wei-Wei
WW
Jiang
Feng
F
Zhang
Li-Yong
LY
Pu
Xue-Hao
XH
Wang
Lian-Bao
LB
Kong
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome