Successful treatment of an intrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunt causing dysfunction in a pediatric liver transplant graft

Siobhan Flanagan, MD; Allison Aguado, MD; Srinath Chinnakotla, MD, MCh

Radiology Case Reports (Feb 2025)

Successful treatment of an intrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunt causing dysfunction in a pediatric liver transplant graft

Siobhan Flanagan, MD,
Allison Aguado, MD,
Srinath Chinnakotla, MD, MCh

Affiliations

Siobhan Flanagan, MD: Department of Pediatric Interventional Radiology, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
Allison Aguado, MD: Department of Pediatric Interventional Radiology, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
Srinath Chinnakotla, MD, MCh: Department of Pediatric Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 1087 – 1089

Abstract

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A 5-month-old child developed severe liver dysfunction after a liver transplant with a partial liver graft. Ultrasound examination revealed a communication between the left portal vein and the left hepatic vein, a rare congenital portosystemic shunt. Here we describe the successful management of this shunt with an endovascular closure device. Prompt recognition of the shunt and use of the closure device to occlude the shunt can result in an excellent outcome.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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