Hepatitis C virus-related fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis in a renal transplant recipient.
Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH) is a severe and progressive form of liver dysfunction seen in organ transplant recipients and immunosuppressed patients; it is usually associated with hepatitis B virus infection. We report 36-year-old man, a renal transplant recipient, also developed FCH with hepatitis C virus infection and succumbed to it.
Hooda
A K
AK
Department of Nephrology, Command Hospital, Central Command, Lucknow 226 002, India. ashokhooda@hotmail.com
Puri
P
P
Narula
A S
AS
Raychaudhury
N
N
Varghese
S J
SJ
Basu
A
A
D000328:Adult; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000821:virology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male
D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies