Successful Graft Retrieval for Liver Transplant in a Donor With an Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm.

With increased use of extended criteria liver donors, there is a higher incidence of previously unknown intra-abdominal pathologies, including abdominal aortic aneurysms, which are being accidentally found during organ procurement. These findings often involve technical difficulties that challenge organ procurement teams and potentially put at risk the success of organ retrieval and eventual transplant. In this case report, we present a novel case of a successful liver retrieval from a donor with brain death who was incidentally found to have an infrarenal aortic aneurysm that spared both iliac arteries.

Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation With Hepatic Artery Aneurysm.

Few case reports have documented the long-term outcomes of liver donor aneurysms, illustrating the apprehension of transplant surgeons about using these grafts. However,the presence of an aneurysm in the donor liver should not be an absolute contraindication for its use. As shown in our described patient, such grafts have the potential to achieve good results.