Fulminant hepatic failure.

Acute fulminant hepatic failure due to colchicine – a rare manifestation of Gloriosa superba poisoning.

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Glyphosate Poisoning with Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Background: Glyphosate containing herbicides are widely used the world over. They are marketed as nontoxic to humans, but numerous studies have showed that these glyphosate-based herbicides (GlySH) can cause multiorgan damage.1 Recent reports of animal studies on rats have raised a doubt of liver damage after long term exposure to GlySH. Case Presentation: a young male had chronic exposure to G...

New therapeutic aspects in fulminant hepatic failure.

Mortality rates for fulminant hepatic failure range between 50% and 90%. Several independent factors influence survival: age, etiology, depth and duration of the encephalopathy, and prevention of complications. The main causes of fulminant hepatic failure are hepatotropic viruses, adverse drug effects, and toxins (Table 1). All major hepatotropic viruses can induce fulminant hepatic failure. We...

An animal model of fulminant hepatic failure in the rat.

A reproducible animal model of fulminant hepatic failure was developed by intraperitoneal administration of D-galactosamine hydrochloride to Sprague-Dawley rats. Biochemical and morphological hepatic injury and brain edema resembled human fulminant hepatic failure. This model would facilitate further studies of the pathogenesis of brain dysfunction and evaluation of treatment in fulminant hepat...

[Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure].

The etiology and prognosis of individuals with various forms of fulminant hepatic failure are reviewed. Special techniques of clinical management and decision making as to when and to whom to transplant in cases of fulminant hepatic failure are reviewed.