Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Etanercept-Induced Acute Hepatic Failure; a case report

Isolated hepatic tuberculoma after orthotopic liver transplantation: a case report.

Tuberculosis (TB) is an unusual infection in liver transplant recipients, its incidence ranges from 0.9-2.3% in developed countries1. In these patients, TB is frequently seen as disseminated disease or as pulmonary disease, and liver involvement has been described only in cases of disseminated disease. Here we describe the uncommon case of a liver transplanted patient who developed an isolated ...

Orthotopic liver transplantation for fulminant and subacute hepatic failure.

Fulminant and subacute hepatitis are conditions characterized by rapid liver failure, which can lead to death in 80 to more than 95% of the cases with medical supportive care only. The etiology can be viral, drug-, or other chemical-induced, metabolic, etc. Orthotopic liver transplantation emerged during the 1980s as a powerful means for dealing with these diseases. The existence of this therap...

Orthotopic liver transplantation for acute and subacute hepatic failure in adults.

The role of liver transplantation in 29 patients with fulminant and subacute hepatic failure due to a variety of different causes was examined by comparing the outcome and a variety of "hospitalization" variables. Transplanted patients (n = 13) were more likely to survive (p less than 0.05), were younger (p less than 0.05) and spent more time in the hospital (p less than 0.025) than did those w...

Renal replacement therapy for patients with acute liver failure awaiting orthotopic hepatic transplantation.

Orthotopic liver transplantation for benign hepatic neoplasms.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency and outcome of liver transplantation for symptomatic, unresectable, benign hepatic neoplasms. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Presbyterian University Hospital, a tertiary care referral center for liver transplantation affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh (Pa). PATIENTS All 3239 liver transplant recipients at the University of Pittsburgh from...

Orthotopic liver transplantation for massive hepatic lymphangiomatosis.

Lymphangiomatosis is a rare malformation of the lymphatic system that causes severe symptoms secondary to progressive growth into or close to vital structures. A case report of liver failure related to this space-occupying intrahepatic mechanism is taken as a starting point for a discussion of the problems of liver transplantation related to large hepatomegalies.