Volume 11, Issue 2 pp. 222-224

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

Roberto Miraglia

Roberto Miraglia

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy

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Angelo Luca

Angelo Luca

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy

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Gianluca Marrone

Gianluca Marrone

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy

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Settimo Caruso

Settimo Caruso

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy

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Davide Cintorino

Davide Cintorino

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy

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Marco Spada

Marco Spada

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy

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Bruno Gridelli

Bruno Gridelli

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy

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First published: 07 December 2006
Citations: 10
Roberto Miraglia, Radiology Department, IsMeTT, Via Tricomi 1, C.A.P. 90127, Palermo, Italy
Tel.: +39 091 219 2293
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E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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.

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