Peliosis Hepatis in a Child with X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy Treated with Living-Donor Liver Transplant: A Case Report.

BACKGROUND

Myotubular myopathy is a rare disease sometimes accompanied by peliosis hepatis, a leading cause of fatal liver hemorrhage.

CASE REPORT

We present a case of a 2-year-old boy with myotubular myopathy who developed liver hemorrhage because of peliosis hepatis and was successfully treated with living-donor liver transplant. The patient initially presented with fever, anemia, and liver dysfunction. A computed tomographic scan revealed hemorrhages in the liver, and the patient underwent hepatic artery embolization twice. After the second embolization, multiple peliosis hepatis cavities appeared in the left lobe of the liver that had increased in size. Therefore, the patient underwent ABO-incompatible living-donor liver transplant using a lateral segment graft from his father. The patient developed severe septic shock with an unknown focus on postoperative day 18, which resolved with antibiotic therapy. On postoperative day 62, he was discharged. Fourteen months after undergoing living-donor liver transplant, the patient showed no recurrence of peliosis hepatis.

CONCLUSIONS

Although the long-term prognosis of peliosis hepatis due to myotubular myopathy after living-donor liver transplant remains unclear, liver transplant may be a curative treatment for patients with myotubular myopathy who have uncontrollable peliosis hepatis.