Assessing the eligibility for liver transplantation of patients with fulminant hepatitis.
The spleen to liver volume (S/L) ratio of 13 patients with fulminant hepatitis was determined using X-ray computed tomography (CT), and the correlation between S/L ratio and prognosis was evaluated. The S/L ratio of 6 patients who died was greater than 0.16, whereas that of the remaining 7 patients who survived was less than 0.15. These findings suggest that determining the S/L ratio using CT may be useful for assessing the eligibility of patients with fulminant hepatitis for liver transplantation.
Uetsuji
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First Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Osaka, Japan.
Komada
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Kwon
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Kamiyama
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Uedono
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Tanaka
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed