Prolonged survival after liver transplantation for Hodgkin's disease-induced fulminant liver failure.
A 30-year-old male with a past history of nodular lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin's disease in apparent complete remission for two years received a liver transplantation because of fulminant liver failure. Histopathological examination of the explanted liver showed massive infiltration by Hodgkin's disease. In spite of a nodal recurrence of Hodgkin's disease, the patient is alive and in excellent general condition six years after liver transplantation.
Abdulkader
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Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Fraga
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M
González-Quintela
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A
Caparrini
A
A
Bello
J L
JL
Galbán
C
C
Varo
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E
Diaz-Mediavilla
J
J
Forteza
J
J
D000328:Adult; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D017741:Survivors; D016896:Treatment Outcome