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  • Title: Posttransplant bilioportal fistula with portal vein thrombosis: a case report.
    Author: Kasahara M, Sakamoto S, Fukuda A, Shigeta T, Tanaka H, Mastuno N, Hashimoto M, Kondo Y, Nosaka S, Nakazawa A.
    Journal: Transplant Proc; 2010 Nov; 42(9):3862-4. PubMed ID: 21094871.
    Abstract:
    An 8-year-old female patient, known to have post-Kasai biliary atresia with mild intrapulmonary shunting, underwent living donor liver transplantation because of recurrent cholangitis. After the treatment of postoperative biliary stricture with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, the patient subsequently developed hematochezia with portal vein thrombosis. The intraoperative findings showed portal vein thrombosis with a bilioportal fistula. We performed closure of the bilioportal fistula and reconstruction of the portal vein with a native internal jugular vein interposition graft. A bilioportal fistula due to percutaneous hepatobiliary procedures is a reportedly a rare complication following liver transplantation. The patient is currently doing well after a successful surgical intervention.
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