title: Hepatic failure due to massive iron ingestion successfully treated with liver transplantation.
abstract: A 3-year-old female had fulminant hepatic and renal failure due to massive iron ingestion, despite gastric lavage, deferoxamine administration, hemodialysis and continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration. She underwent a successful emergency liver transplantation on 5th day after ingestion and was discharged 25 days later with excellent liver and renal function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Egawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garcia-Kennedy
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Esquivel
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006440:Hemofiltration; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D007501:Iron; D003676:Deferoxamine