Urgent liver transplantation for Amanita phalloides poisoning.
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.
Yildiz
Baris Dogu
BD
General Surgery, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. baris104@yahoo.com
Abbasoglu
Osman
O
Saglam
Arzu
A
Sökmensüer
Cenk
C
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
D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001663:Bilirubin