Transjugular liver biopsy in the follow‐up of liver transplant patients

the operation, he is doing well and receiving a lowdose triple drug regimen (azathioprine, 2 mg/kg; cyclosporin, 5 mg/kg; prednisolone, 10 rag/daily). This was the only venous complication of complete renal vein disruption that we have observed in 542 cases. There is no sufficient explanation for this case, but it might be due to rejection or venous thrombosis. The adverse effect of acute rejection on the vein wall, especially a too-thin vein wall as occurred in our case, may be responsible for such a rare complication. Early renal vein thrombosis on the anastomotic line as well may cause kidney swelling, capsular and parenchymal rupture, and complete disruption of the thin vein wall due to overdistension.