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Table 1 Existing literature on liver transplantation in hepatic hemangioma

From: Orthotopic liver transplantation for Management of a Giant Liver Hemangioma: a case report and review of literature

Report no.

Author (year)

Age (yrs)/sex

Graft Type

Follow-up

Cause of Tx

Complications

Condition/cause of death

1.

Klompmaker et al. (1989) [13]

28/Male

Whole

3 years

KMS

Uneventful

Alive

2.

Mora, et al. (1995) [14]

42/Female

Whole

16 days postop

KMS, respiratory distress

NA

Alive

3.

Tepetes et al. (1995) [15]

4wks/Male

Whole

8 days

KMS

Graft mal-function, intraventricular hemorrhage

Died, graft mal-function

4.

Brouwers et al. (1997) [16]

NM

Whole

1. 1 month

2. 1 year

3. 4 years

4. 9 years

Pain (n = 2), rupture (n = 1), KMS (n = 1)

1. Rejection, bile leakage & pleural effusion; 2. cytomegalovirus pneumonia, duodenal ulcer, steroid diabetes, peripheral nerve palsy & Strongyloides stercoralis infection; 3. uneventful

1. died Others alive

5.

Chui et al. (1996) [17]

1. 33/Female

2. 43/Female

Whole

1. 18 months 2. 14 months

1. Bleeding

2. Abdominal discomfort

1. Massive hemorrhage during surgery, ischemic graft with malfunction, acute renal failure, second transplantation was done; 2. Uneventful

Both alive

6.

Longeville et al. (1997) [18]

47/Male

Whole

12 months

KMS

Post-transplantation internal hemorrhage

Alive

7.

Russo et al. (1997) [19]

43/Female

Whole

14 days postop

Huge mass

NA

Alive

8.

Kumashiro, et al. (2002) [20]

48/Female

Posterior lobe

15 days postop

KMS, acute liver failure

Massive hemorrhage during operation due to KMS, uneventful post-operation course

Alive

9.

Ferraz et al. (2004) [21]

28/Female

Whole

30 months

KMS, respiratory distress, huge mass size

One episode of acute rejection treated with corticosteroid pulse

Alive

10.

Meguro et al. (2008) [22]

45/Female

Left Lobe

10 months

KMS

Massive hemorrhage during operation, acute rejection and small for size graft syndrome, sepsis

Alive

11.

Zhong et al. (2014) [23]

27/Female

Right lobe

50 months

Huge mass

Two episodes of acute rejection

Alive

12.

Vagefi et al. (2011) [24]

39/Female

Whole

NM

Rupture, KMS

Uneventful

Alive

13.

Yildiz et al. (2014) [25]

44/Female

Whole

1 month

KMS, respiratory distress

Uneventful

Alive

14.

Lange et al. (2015) [26]

46/Female

Whole

7 wks

Huge mass causing portal vein thrombosis, ascites, DVT & PTE

Uneventful

Alive

15.

Lee et al. (2017) [27]

51/Female

Modified Right Lobe

16 months

Rapid Growth

Uneventful

Alive

  1. KMS Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome; POSTOP Postoperative; TAE Transcatheter angiographic embolization; NM Not mentioned; NA Not accessible manuscript; DVT Deep vein thrombosis; PTE Pulmonary thromboembolism; TX transplantation