title: Hereditary lysozyme amyloidosis: spontaneous hepatic rupture (15 years apart) in mother and daughter. role of emergency liver transplantation.
abstract: Hepatic rupture is a rare condition, and treatment options are very limited. We report a case of hepatic rupture secondary to hereditary lysozyme amyloidosis that was successfully treated by liver transplantation. The mother of this patient had presented in an identical fashion 15 years earlier in the pretransplant era and died very rapidly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplant Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia. martin.loss@email.cs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loss
authors.forename: Wa S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Rooshdiya Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Karim
authors.forename: Simone I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Koorey
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Verran
authors.forename: Geoffrey W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: McCaughan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D028226:Amyloidosis, Familial / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D009113:Muramidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D009679:Nuclear Family; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D009113:Muramidase