Lin Wu1, Lu Zhao1, Ying Lu1, Lan He1, Xihong Hu2. 1. Cathererization Laboratory, Cardiovascular Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China. 2. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wan Yuan Road, Shanghai, 201102, People's Republic of China. huxihong777@163.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Congenital intrahepatic shunts in children are rare and precise treatment strategies have not been established. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to present our experience with transcatheter embolization in a descriptive case series of congenital intrahepatic shunts in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively studied 10 children with symptomatic congenital intrahepatic shunts who were treated with embolization at our institute between January 2008 and December 2014. RESULTS: Seven children had arteriovenous shunts in association with hepatic hemangiomas, two had arterioportal shunts and one had portosystemic shunts. The major presentations were congestive heart failure and severe anemia in the groups with arteriovenous and arterioportal shunts, respectively. Following embolization, two children died in the arteriovenous group, one from progressive liver dysfunction and the other from abdominal compartment syndrome. One child in the arterioportal group required liver transplantation after initial embolization. With mean post-procedure follow-up of 15 months (range 4-54 months), all the remaining children were well, with resolution of the symptoms. CONCLUSION: Interventional embolization provides an alternative to surgical ligation or hepatic resection in children with clinically significant intrahepatic shunts. For lesions with complex morphology, embolization may be inadequate and liver transplantation might be the only therapeutic option.
BACKGROUND:Congenital intrahepatic shunts in children are rare and precise treatment strategies have not been established. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to present our experience with transcatheter embolization in a descriptive case series of congenital intrahepatic shunts in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively studied 10 children with symptomatic congenital intrahepatic shunts who were treated with embolization at our institute between January 2008 and December 2014. RESULTS: Seven children had arteriovenous shunts in association with hepatic hemangiomas, two had arterioportal shunts and one had portosystemic shunts. The major presentations were congestive heart failure and severe anemia in the groups with arteriovenous and arterioportal shunts, respectively. Following embolization, two children died in the arteriovenous group, one from progressive liver dysfunction and the other from abdominal compartment syndrome. One child in the arterioportal group required liver transplantation after initial embolization. With mean post-procedure follow-up of 15 months (range 4-54 months), all the remaining children were well, with resolution of the symptoms. CONCLUSION: Interventional embolization provides an alternative to surgical ligation or hepatic resection in children with clinically significant intrahepatic shunts. For lesions with complex morphology, embolization may be inadequate and liver transplantation might be the only therapeutic option.
Authors: Emily R Christison-Lagay; Patricia E Burrows; Ahmad Alomari; Josée Dubois; Harry P Kozakewich; Tricia S Lane; Harriet J Paltiel; Giannoula Klement; John B Mulliken; Steven J Fishman Journal: J Pediatr Surg Date: 2007-01 Impact factor: 2.545