title: Congenital hepatic fibrosis and need for liver transplantation.
abstract: Herein, we describe two patients who underwent liver transplantation with the clinical diagnosis of hepatic failure and cryptogenic cirrhosis; histopathology of the explanted hepatectomy specimen revealed congenital hepatic fibrosis. To the best of our knowledge, coexistence of hepatic failure and cirrhosis in congenital hepatic fibrosis, have not yet been reported in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Research Center, Shiraz, Iran, ; Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geramizadeh
authors.affiliation: Transplant Research Center, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keramati
authors.affiliation: Transplant Ward and Center, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahador
authors.affiliation: Transplant Ward and Center, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Salahi
authors.affiliation: Transplant Ward and Center, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nikeghbalian
authors.affiliation: Transplant Ward and Center, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.affiliation: Transplant Ward and Center, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Malek-Hosseini