Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Liver Transplant

Roberto Cannella; Anil Dasyam; Frank H Miller; Amir A Borhani

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2021.05.010

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Liver Transplant

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2021 Aug;29(3):437-450. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2021.05.010.

Authors

Roberto Cannella¹, Anil Dasyam², Frank H Miller³, Amir A Borhani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Section of Radiology - Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Via del Vespro 129, Palermo 90127, Italy; Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Via del Vespro, 129, Palermo 90127, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, Abdominal Imaging Division, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, UPMC Presbyterian Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Body Imaging Section, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N Saint Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Abdominal Imaging Division, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, UPMC Presbyterian Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Radiology, Body Imaging Section, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N Saint Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: Amir.Borhani@northwestern.edu.

PMID: 34243928
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2021.05.010

Abstract

MR imaging increasingly has been adopted for follow-up imaging post-liver transplantation and for diagnosis of its complications. These include vascular and biliary complications as well as post-transplant malignancies. Interpretation of postoperative MR imaging should take into account the surgical technique and expected post-transplant changes. Contrast-enhanced MR imaging has high sensitivity for identification of vascular complications. MR cholangiopancreatography on the other hand is the most accurate noninvasive method for evaluation of biliary complications.

Keywords: Complications; Liver transplantation; Living liver donor transplantation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orthotopic liver transplantation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biliary Tract*
Humans
Liver Transplantation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging