Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm - duodenal fistula after living donor liver transplant
Authors: Slater, Kellee1; Ludkowski, Michael2; Mehling, Jason2; Forman, Lisa3; Pieramici, Erik3; Wachs, Michael1; Kam, Igal1; Bak, Thomas1
Source: Clinical Transplantation, Volume 18, Number 6, December 2004 , pp. 734-736(3)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Abstract:
Slater K, Ludkowski M, Mehling J, Forman L, Pieramici E, Wachs ME, Kam I, Bak TE. Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm - duodenal fistula after living donor liver transplant. Clin Transplant 2004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00258.x © Blackwell Munksgaard, 2004 Abstract: A 38-yr-old woman who underwent living donor liver transplant for alcoholic cirrhosis presented 2 months after transplant with gastrointestinal bleeding from an hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm eroding into the duodenum. She underwent endovascular hepatic artery stenting, resulting in cessation of hemorrhage and salvage of the graft.Keywords: living donor liver transplant; pseudoaneurysm
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00258.x
Affiliations: 1: Transplant Surgery 2: Interventional Radiology 3: Hepatology, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO, USA

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