Percutaneous transhepatic venous angioplasty in a two-yr-old patient with hepatic vein stenosis after partial liver transplantation

Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Mar;11(2):222-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00625.x.

Abstract

We report one case of severe hepatic vein stenosis, in a two-yr-old pediatric patient with a left lateral split liver transplantation (S2-S3) and severe ascites, in whom color Doppler ultrasound failed to make the diagnosis and transhepatic balloon angioplasty was successfully performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty / methods*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Dilatation
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hepatic Veins / pathology*
  • Hepatic Veins / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation* / methods
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler