An unexpected giant omental pseudocyst during a liver transplant

A 55-year-old man suffering from hepatitis C-related cirrhosis (Model for End-stage Liver Disease 22, Child-Pugh C10) was referred to our hospital for liver transplantation. He had a history of ascites requiring frequent paracentesis and one episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). The preoperative computed tomography showed a central abdominal fluid collection with thickened walls, 14 × 9 cm in size, which was interpreted as a sack...