Visceral artery aneurysms in liver transplant candidates and in patients after liver transplantation

Umberto Maggi; Daniele Dondossola; Dario Consonni; Stefano Gatti; Rossella Arnoldi; Manuela Bossi; Giorgio Rossi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029544

Visceral artery aneurysms in liver transplant candidates and in patients after liver transplantation

PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e29544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029544. Epub 2011 Dec 21.

Authors

Umberto Maggi¹, Daniele Dondossola, Dario Consonni, Stefano Gatti, Rossella Arnoldi, Manuela Bossi, Giorgio Rossi

Affiliation

¹ U.O. Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti di Fegato - Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy. u.maggi@tiscali.it

Abstract

There are only few reviews concerning visceral aneurysms in cirrhotics, and a small number of papers on visceral aneurysms in liver transplant patients. The present paper investigates this condition in both groups of patients in a 10-year-retrospective study.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm / complications*
Female
Humans
Liver Diseases / complications
Liver Diseases / surgery*
Liver Transplantation*
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Splenic Artery / pathology*