Percutaneous transhepatic venous angioplasty and stenting in a 9-month-old patient with hepatic vein obstruction after partial liver transplantation

A R Rasekhi; S A Nabavizadeh; S A Malek-Hosseini; P Varedi; M Naderifar; S Soltani

doi:10.1007/s00270-008-9322-8

Percutaneous transhepatic venous angioplasty and stenting in a 9-month-old patient with hepatic vein obstruction after partial liver transplantation

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008 Sep-Oct;31(5):1034-7. doi: 10.1007/s00270-008-9322-8. Epub 2008 Mar 13.

Authors

A R Rasekhi¹, S A Nabavizadeh, S A Malek-Hosseini, P Varedi, M Naderifar, S Soltani

Affiliation

¹ Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

PMID: 18338211
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-008-9322-8

Abstract

Hepatic venous outflow obstruction is a rare but serious complication after liver transplantation. We report ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic stent placement in a 9-month-old infant with a left lateral split liver transplantation with near-complete hepatic vein obstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
Angioplasty, Balloon / methods
Budd-Chiari Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Budd-Chiari Syndrome / etiology
Budd-Chiari Syndrome / therapy*
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome / diagnosis
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Graft Survival
Hepatic Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Hepatic Veins / pathology
Humans
Infant
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
Liver Transplantation / methods
Phlebography / methods
Risk Assessment
Stents*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency