title: Urgent liver transplantation for Amanita phalloides poisoning.
abstract: Amanita phalloides is a deadly wild mushroom causing severe damage in man ranging from diarrhea to organ dysfunction. If not treated, mortality is as high as 80%. Treatment includes supportive measures, inactivation of the toxin and if liver failure occurs liver transplantation. The indications for transplantation are debatable.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. baris104@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Baris Dogu
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abbasoglu
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saglam
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sökmensüer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000545:Amanita; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D018450:Disease Progression; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019934:International Normalized Ratio; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011184:Postoperative Period
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001663:Bilirubin