Successful liver retransplantation for recurrent hepatopulmonary syndrome

Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Dec;11(8):927-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00790.x.

Abstract

HPS is defined as arterial hypoxemia because of pulmonary vasodilation as a result of cirrhotic or non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. This report describes a teenager with HPS because of primary sclerosing cholangitis/autoimmune hepatitis overlap syndrome requiring OLT. HPS resolved completely within three months of OLT, but recurred again at 12 months post-OLT following liver dysfunction secondary to a biliary stricture. She underwent a second OLT successfully and remains well two yr and three months post-second OLT. Recurrent HPS after OLT may occur because of graft dysfunction and as this novel case illustrates, retransplantation may lead to a successful outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Angiography
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed