title: Live donor liver transplantation for a child presented with severe hepatopulmonary syndrome and nodular liver lesions due to Abernethy malformation.
abstract: A 15-year-old boy first presented with severe lung lesions and hypoxia and he was considered as a lung transplant candidate. Upon evaluation, hepatopulmonary syndrome, multiple nodular liver lesions, and Abernethy type 1b malformation were diagnosed. The patient underwent successful right lobe live donor liver transplantation, and all of the symptoms disappeared soon after the transplant. He is currently alive and well with excellent liver and lung functions 4 years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cahit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Onen
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rasim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farajov
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Onur S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Duygu
authors.affiliation: Division of Pathology, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Latife
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doganay
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alper
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeytunlu
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cigdem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arikan
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilic
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020065:Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000601:surgery; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: congenital liver disease; hepatopulmonary syndrome; liver transplantation