title: A combination procedure with thrombolytic therapy and balloon dilatation for portal vein thrombus enables the successful performance of antiviral therapy after a living-donor liver transplantation: report of a case.
abstract: This report presents a case of portal vein thrombosis possibly caused by anastomotic stricture after living-donor liver transplantation. The patient underwent systemic thrombolytic therapy with tissue plasminogen activator and subsequent balloon dilatation of the stenotic lesion, and both were successful. These procedures allowed the patient to receive antiviral therapy to improve the pancytopenia, leading to a sustained virological response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Mitsuhisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takatsuki
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soyama
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Kosho
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanouchi
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D011172:Portography; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents