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Liver transplantation for refractory severe pruritus related to widespread multifocal hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) in a child: Case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Merli L.,
Grimaldi C.,
Monti L.,
Nobili V.,
Francalanci P.,
de Ville de Goyet J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01603.x
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , focal nodular hyperplasia , refractory (planetary science) , transplantation , hyperplasia , hepatic tumor , surgery , pathology , hepatocellular carcinoma , physics , astrobiology
Merli L, Grimaldi C, Monti L, Nobili V, Francalanci P, de Ville de Goyet J. Liver transplantation for refractory severe pruritus related to widespread multifocal hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) in a child: Case report and review of literature.
Pediatr Transplantation 2011. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract: FNH is a rare and benign tumor of the liver. It is not a conventional indication for liver transplantation, and no transplant for FNH in a child has been reported to date. Multifocal FNH growing in adolescent age to a widespread tumor invading the whole liver and associated with severe refractory pruritus was an unusual indication for transplantation in a 13‐yr‐old girl. The operation and the follow‐up were uneventful, allowing full recovery and disappearance of pruritus.