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ArticleSurgical case reports2025

Liver Transplantation Using a Whole-Liver Graft Donated from a Brain-Dead Donor Complicated with Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome: A Case Report.

Takuro Fujita, Akihiko Soyama, Taiichiro Kosaka, Takanobu Hara, Hajime Matsushima, Ayaka Kinoshita, Hajime Imamura, Takashi Hamada, Akaya Satoh, Kazushige Migita and 3 more

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Takuro FujitaDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Akihiko SoyamaDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Taiichiro KosakaDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Takanobu HaraDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Hajime MatsushimaDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Ayaka KinoshitaDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Hajime ImamuraDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Takashi HamadaDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Akaya SatohDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Kazushige MigitaDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Yuta KawaguchiDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Tomohiko AdachiDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.
Susumu EguchiDepartment of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan.

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Abstract

introductionOsler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, or hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), is a rare autosomal dominant genetic vascular disease characterized by arteriovenous malformations, vascular wall fragility, dilatation, and rupture of the vessels with hepatic symptoms. As HHT with hepatic symptoms is recognized as the primary etiology for liver transplantation, liver transplantation with liver grafts from donors affected by HHT is extremely rare. Herein, we report a successful liver transplantation in a patient with biliary atresia who received a whole-liver graft from a young brain-dead donor with HHT. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was a 15-year-old girl with decompensated liver cirrhosis who underwent Kasai surgery for biliary atresia at 3 months of age. The donor was a female in her teens, diagnosed with brain death due to cerebral hemorrhage. Although the donor was diagnosed with Osler disease, she had no hepatic symptoms and normal liver function. CT did not reveal any apparent vascular malformations in the liver. A whole-liver transplant was performed using the donated liver. The patient recovered well in terms of liver function, without any hepatic-related symptoms.

conclusionsOur experience with this patient may have important implications for liver transplantations from donors with HHT.

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brain-dead donorextended-criteria donorhereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaOsler–Weber–Rendu syndrome

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PMID40927230
PMCPMC12414812

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