Case Report
Concurrent Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Thrombosis after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation with Preserved Allografts
Table 1
Depiction of cases with concurrent HAT and PVT in the literature.
| Author (year) | Number of patients/type | Indications for transplant | Type of transplant | HAT and PVT in relation to transplant | Treatment | Outcome |
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Langnas et al. (1991) [1] | 3/2 children, 1 adult | Biliary atresia 2, cholangiocarcinoma 1 | CLTx | Within a week | Adult Re-Tx, 1st child Re-Tx, 2nd child observation | 2 deaths, 1 child in vegetative state at 4 years |
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Kaneko et al. (2004) [7] | 4/2 children, 2 adults | Biliary atresia 1, Wilson’s disease 1, PBC 1, primary hyperoxaluria 1 | LDLTx | Within a week | 3 thrombectomy, 1 RE-Tx | 4 deaths |
| Haque et al. (2009) [18] | 1 adult | Wilson’s disease 1 | CLTx | 12 years | Conservative | Alive at one year after the event |
| Ayala et al. (2011) [19] | 1 adult | NA | CLTx | NA | NA | NA |
| Present series (2013) | 2 adults | Cholangiocarcinoma 1, alcoholic cirrhosis 1 | CLTx | 6 months 6 years | Conservative | Alive with normal liver function at 3 years |
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CLTx: cadaveric liver transplant, LDLTx: living donor liver transplant, Re-Tx: retransplantation, NA: not available.
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