Would it be possible to perform liver transplantation in a Brazilian Amazon woman with acute liver failure?

Authors

  • Aline Pinto Alves Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, Pará, Brasil.
  • Daniel Felgueiras Rolo Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, Pará, Brasil.
  • Danielle Cristina Silva Moura Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, Pará, Brasil.
  • Gracieli Pâmela Spolti Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, Pará, Brasil.
  • Lucas Crociati Meguins Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, Pará, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53855/bjt.v12i4.278

Keywords:

Liver Failure, Leptospirosis, Liver Transplantation, Hepatitis A

Abstract

Acute liver failure (ALF) is characterized by acute liver damage and the presence of encephalopathy or coagulopathy due to infections, drugs, etc. A female patient with positive serological tests for leptospirosis and Hepatitis A virus (anti-leptospira IgM and anti-HAV IgM positive) developed ALF and died within six days after clinic treatment. In conclusion, ALF due to co-infection may evolve to death and maybe the emergency liver transplantation added to be the only feasible treatment option may be also the last chance to survival.

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Published

2009-09-01

How to Cite

Alves, A. P., Rolo, D. F., Moura, D. C. S., Spolti , G. P., & Meguins, L. C. (2009). Would it be possible to perform liver transplantation in a Brazilian Amazon woman with acute liver failure?. Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, 12(4), 1208–1210. https://doi.org/10.53855/bjt.v12i4.278

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2009)

Section

Case Report