Liver laceration associated with severe seizures after living donor liver transplantation. |
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Authors: | Kazushige Sato Satoshi Sekiguchi Yorihiro Akamatsu Naoki Kawagishi Yoshitaka Enomoto Takeru Iwane Akira Sato Keisei Fujimori Susumu Satomi |
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Affiliation: | Advanced Surgical Science and Technology Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tohoku, Sendai, Japan. satokazu@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Hemorrhagic complications commonly occur early after liver transplantation (LT), sometimes requiring emergent relaparotomy. However, active bleeding from the liver graft itself is a rare but life-threatening complication after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We report an unusual case of liver laceration with massive bleeding, associated with severe epileptic seizures as a result of tacrolimus-induced leukoencephalopathy, after LDLT. The patient was successfully rescued by conventional surgical management without a second transplantation. In conclusion, to our knowledge this is the first reported case of graft rupture due to immunosuppression-associated leukoencephalopathy after LT. |
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