Post-transfusion hepatitis: fatal outcome in two cases with underlying alcoholic liver disease.
Two patients with underlying alcoholic liver disease who were doing well before receiving multiple blood transfusions for gastrointestinal bleeding died after developing post-transfusion hepatitis (PTH). This hepatitis was associated with an uncharacteristic disparity between transaminase levels.
D000328:Adult; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase