title: Rapid progression of encephalopathy in a patient with hepatitis B infection.
abstract: The mortality rate of fulminant hepatic failure was high until liver transplantation was presented as a potential therapy. We encountered a patient with hyperacute fulminant hepatic failure due to hepatitis B virus infection. Living donor liver transplantation was planned but abandoned because her brain edema progressed too rapidly to complete the donor evaluation. The present case reveals the limitation of living donor liver transplantation as a treatment for hyperacute fulminant hepatic failure.
authors.affiliation: Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Sumihito
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kakeno
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult