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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
Despite certain strict criteria for suitable organ donors, some unrecognized and unusual diseases have been transmitted through liver transplantation to recipients. In the current series, we review our experience with 14 patients who underwent liver transplantation using donor grafts with unusual pathology, including amyloidosis (6), schistosomiasis (3), iron overload (2), and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (3). One of 6 patients who received grafts with amyloidosis developed vasculitis associated with the presence of arterial amyloid. With proper management, patients with donor schistosomiasis, iron overload and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency appear to have outcomes comparable to liver transplantation using grafts without these findings. In conclusion, long-term follow-up is necessary to confirm these findings and understand the impact of using these grafts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1527-6465
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2006 AASLD
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
310-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Amyloidosis, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Biopsy, Needle, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Iron Overload, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Living Donors, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Schistosomiasis, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:16447189-Transplantation, Homologous
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinicopathologic findings and outcomes of liver transplantation using grafts from donors with unrecognized and unusual diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study