title: The MELD score exception for polycystic liver disease.
abstract: Polycystic Liver Disease (PLD) is a rare progressive disease characterized by increased liver volume due to many cysts, with symptoms related mainly to the size of the liver and the compression on adjacent organs. Most patients who have PLD require no medical or surgical intervention. On the other hand, massive hepatomegaly with severe symptoms which cannot be managed conservatively requires surgical procedures.Liver transplantation (LT) offers the only curative option for the relief of symptoms arising from cyst enlargement and compression of abdominal structures. We presented a rare case of a young man with highly symptomatic isolated PLD due to liver volume - 23,200 cm3, which provokes severe physical and social handicaps and we considered that only total hepatectomy and LT provides a chance of definitive treatment.To our knowledge this is the largest specimen from a PLD patient who was transplanted.
authors.affiliation: Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania. drsmira@yahoo.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smira
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matei
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gheorghe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Popescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome