Acute biliary obstruction due to a large intracholedochal hematoma after living-donor liver transplantation: Report of a case

Surg Today. 2010 May;40(5):474-6. doi: 10.1007/s00595-009-4088-4. Epub 2010 Apr 28.

Abstract

This report presents a rare case of an acute biliary obstruction caused by the postoperative development of an intracholedochal hematoma in a 57-year-old female patient who underwent living-donor liver transplantation for end-stage liver disease of cryptogenic origin. This is the first report to describe the development of an intracholedochal hematoma after livingdonor liver transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biliary Tract Diseases / etiology*
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / surgery*
  • Bilirubin / blood
  • Female
  • Hematoma / complications*
  • Hematoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Living Donors
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Transaminases / blood

Substances

  • Transaminases
  • Bilirubin