Acute liver failure in a renal transplant patient caused by adenoviral hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B.
We report the first case of fulminant liver failure due to necrotizing adenovirus hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B in an immunosuppressed patient after renal transplantation. Diagnosis was made in vivo by liver biopsy and confirmed at autopsy.
Longerich
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Institute of Pathology, IV Medical Clinic, Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Haferkamp
K
K
Töx
U
U
Schirmacher
Peter
P
D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male