Acute liver failure in a renal transplant patient caused by adenoviral hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B

T Longerich; K Haferkamp; U Töx; Peter Schirmacher

doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2004.04.004

Acute liver failure in a renal transplant patient caused by adenoviral hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B

Hum Pathol. 2004 Jul;35(7):894-7. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.04.004.

Authors

T Longerich¹, K Haferkamp, U Töx, Peter Schirmacher

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Pathology, IV Medical Clinic, Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 15257556
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.04.004

Abstract

We report the first case of fulminant liver failure due to necrotizing adenovirus hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B in an immunosuppressed patient after renal transplantation. Diagnosis was made in vivo by liver biopsy and confirmed at autopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoviridae / isolation & purification
Adenoviridae Infections / complications*
Adenoviridae Infections / immunology
Adenoviridae Infections / pathology
Adult
Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / complications*
Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / immunology
Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Hepatitis B / complications*
Hepatitis B / immunology
Hepatitis B / pathology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Kidney Transplantation*
Liver Failure, Acute / etiology*
Liver Failure, Acute / immunology
Liver Failure, Acute / pathology
Male