[Necrosis of the bile ducts as an expression of uncontrollable rejection in the liver transplant between ABO incompatible groups]

Rev Esp Enferm Apar Dig. 1989 Jun;75(6 Pt 2):685-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Two cases are presented of liver transplantation in adult patients with fulminant liver failure using grafts from incompatible blood group donors due to the urgency of the situation. The patients evolved well as first but later both developed ischemia and necrosis of the bile tract secondary to severe rejection. It is concluded that the use of incompatible grafts can save the patient's life in acute irreversible liver failure, but in most cases retransplantation may be necessary as the definitive treatment of postoperative complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • ABO Blood-Group System*
  • Adult
  • Bile Duct Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Bile Duct Diseases / etiology
  • Bile Duct Diseases / pathology*
  • Blood Group Incompatibility / complications*
  • Cholangiography
  • Female
  • Graft Rejection*
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Necrosis

Substances

  • ABO Blood-Group System