Caval replacement with parietal peritoneum tube graft for septic thrombophlebitis after hepatectomy: A case report

• 作者: Charlotte Maulat Fabrice Muscari Guillaume Martin-Blondel Isabelle Migueres Léopoldine Lapierre Xavier Chaufour
• 来源期刊: 世界肝病学杂志:英文版(电子版)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Bilioma Septic THROMBOPHLEBITIS SEPTICAEMIA PARIETAL PERITONEUM TUBE GRAFT Complete caval reconstruction Case report
• 年，卷（期）: sjgbxzzywbdzb_2019,（1）
• 页码范围: 133-137
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R

摘要

BACKGROUND Caval vein thrombosis after hepatectomy is rare, although it increases mortality and morbidity. The evolution of this thrombosis into a septic thrombophlebitis responsible for persistent septicaemia after a hepatectomy has not been reported to date in the literature. We here report the management of a 54-year-old woman operated for a peripheral cholangiocarcinoma who developed a suppurated thrombophlebitis of the vena cava following a hepatectomy. CASE SUMMARY This patient was operated by left lobectomy extended to segment V with bile duct resection and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. After the surgery, she developed Streptococcus anginosus, Escherichia coli, and Enterococcus faecium bacteraemias, as well as Candida albicans fungemia. A computed tomography scan revealed a bilioma which was percutaneously drained. Despite adequate antibiotic therapy, the patient’s condition remained septic. A diagnosis of septic thrombophlebitis of the vena cava was made on post-operative day 25. The patient was then operated again for a surgical thrombectomy and complete caval reconstruction with a parietal peritoneum tube graft. Use of the peritoneum as a vascular graft is an inexpensive technique, it is readily and rapidly available, and it allows caval replacement in a septic area. Septic thrombophlebitis of the vena cava after hepatectomy has not been described previously and it warrants being added to the spectrum of potential complications of this procedure.CONCLUSION Septic thrombophlebitis of the vena cava was successfully treated with antibiotic and anticoagulation treatments, prompt surgical thrombectomy and caval reconstruction.