Korean Journal of Radiology

The Korean Society of Radiology (대한영상의학회)
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Pulmonary Artery Embolotherapy in a Patient with Type I Hepatopulmonary Syndrome after Liver Transplantation

  • Lee, Hae-Won (Department of Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Suh, Kyung-Suk (Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Joo-Hyun (Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Woo-Young (Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yi, Nam-Joon (Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jae, Hwan-Jun (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Jin-Wook (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Oh, So-Won (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Keon-Wook (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Kuhn-Uk (Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2009.12.15
  • Accepted : 2010.02.01
  • Published : 2010.08.01
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Abstract

Although liver transplantation (LT) is the only effective treatment option for hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), the post-LT morbidity and mortality have been high for patients with severe HPS. We performed post-LT embolotherapy in a 10-year-old boy who had severe type I HPS preoperatively, but he failed to recover early from his hypoxemic symptoms after an LT. Multiple embolizations were then successfully performed on the major branches that formed the abnormal vascular structures. After the embolotherapy, the patient had symptomatic improvement and he was discharged without complications.

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