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- Title
Live donor liver transplantation for a child presented with severe hepatopulmonary syndrome and nodular liver lesions due to Abernethy malformation.
- Authors
Yilmaz, Cahit; Onen, Zafer; Farajov, Rasim; Duygu, Onur S.; Doganay, Latife; Yuksel, Alper; Alper, Mehmet; Zeytunlu, Murat; Arikan, Cigdem; Kilic, Murat
- Abstract
A 15-year-old boy first presented with severe lung lesions and hypoxia and he was considered as a lung transplant candidate. Upon evaluation, hepatopulmonary syndrome, multiple nodular liver lesions, and Abernethy type 1b malformation were diagnosed. The patient underwent successful right lobe live donor liver transplantation, and all of the symptoms disappeared soon after the transplant. He is currently alive and well with excellent liver and lung functions 4 years after surgery.
- Subjects
LIVER diseases; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG transplantation; PULMONARY function tests; HUMAN abnormalities
- Publication
Pediatric Transplantation, 2017, Vol 21, Issue 2, pn/a
- ISSN
1397-3142
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/petr.12874