Alveolar Echinococcosis induced liver failure: salvage by liver transplantation in an otherwise uniformly fatal disease

Clin Transplant. 2008 Sep-Oct;22(5):664-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2008.00821.x. Epub 2008 Apr 23.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / parasitology*
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
  • Echinococcus multilocularis*
  • Humans
  • Liver Failure / etiology*
  • Liver Failure / therapy*
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male