title: Portal Vein Embolization Before Extended Hepatectomy in a Toddler With Mesenchymal Hamartoma.
abstract: Portal vein embolization is widely used to induce hypertrophy of the future liver remnant before extended hepatectomy, decreasing the risk of postoperative liver failure. However, this percutaneous procedure has not been previously reported in a young child. The present report describes the case of a 14-month-old patient with a large multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the entire right liver, successfully resected after induction of future liver remnant hypertrophy by portal vein embolization.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Centre, sylvain.terraz@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Terraz
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Beaujon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ronot
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Centre, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Beaujon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Breguet
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology.
authors.forename: Mehrak
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anooshiravani
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Centre, Pathology, and.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rubbia-Brandt
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Centre.
authors.forename: Christoph D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics, Swiss Centre for Liver Diseases in Children, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; and.
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Wildhaber
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011169:Portal Vein; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*