Alveolar Echinococcosis induced liver failure: salvage by liver transplantation in an otherwise uniformly fatal disease.
A technically difficult liver transplant was performed in a 68-yr-old male with Alveolar Echinococcosis causing end-stage liver disease. The pathology was extensive and included hepatic artery thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, and right hemidiaphragm invasion necessitating resection of this portion of diaphragm and direct donor cava anastomosis to the right atrium. The patient is now 21 months since transplant disease free with normal liver function.
Haider
Hani H
HH
Department of Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL, USA. hanihaider@mac.com
Nishida
Seigo
S
Selvaggi
Gennaro
G
Levi
David
D
Tekin
Akin
A
Moon
Jang I
JI
Tzakis
Andreas G
AG
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000469:parasitology*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male