Case of a successful liver transplantation from a living donor with focal nodular hyperplasia

The number of patients awaiting liver transplantation is increasing, whereas the donors are few. Thus, the donor pool must be optimized. Due to the increasing demand for liver donations, the eligibility criteria have been reviewed and "extended donor criteria" have been suggested with the aim of expanding the donor pool. Generally, applicants with hepatic lesions identified by using different imaging methods are excluded from the list. However, mass lesions in the liver should not consti- tute a definitive contraindication to donation. Evaluation as to whether a donor applicant meets the extended dona- tion criteria is possible via imaging techniques and/or histopathological assessment. In this article, we present a case of a successful liver transplantation from a living donor with a focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) identified by imaging techniques.