title: Liver transplantation in a patient with clinical manifestations of cryptogenic cirrhosis: a case report of hepar lobatum as a primary liver condition.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article reports a case of hepar lobatum, a peculiar and rare type of liver deformity, originally described in association with infectious or parasitic diseases and with malignancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have described a 42-year-old woman with this disorder, which was unrelated to the known conditions and referred for liver transplantation for having clinical manifestations of cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and impaired hepatic function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The observed histologic pattern suggests that hepar lobatum could be, in some patients, the effect of a primary process of hamartomatous origin involving the organ vascular supply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: joaobonfitto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J F L
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bonfitto
authors.affiliation: Unit of Liver Transplantation, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: T J A P
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Mattosinho
authors.affiliation: Unit of Liver Transplantation, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Unit of Liver Transplantation, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Ataide
authors.affiliation: Unit of Liver Transplantation, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: I F S F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Boin
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: R S B
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Stucchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: C A F
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Escanhoela
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D016031:Liver Transplantation