| Literature DB >> 16149160 |
Chien-Hua Lin1, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Teng-Wei Chen, De-Chuan Chan, Cheng-Jueng Chen, Chung-Bao Hsieh.
Abstract
We report a patient with HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and refractory ascites who had received a peritoneal-venous shunt (PVS) 1 year before liver transplantation. Urgent surgical intervention following bowel obstruction and failure of immunosuppression therapy. No intestinal obstruction was found during an initial PVS. However, intestinal obstruction developed 2 wk after liver transplantation; and a cocoon abdomen was found upon exploration. This is the first reported case of cocoon abdomen caused by PVS and exacerbated by liver transplantation.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16149160 PMCID: PMC4622823 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i34.5412
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastroenterol ISSN: 1007-9327 Impact factor: 5.742