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. 1976 Oct 9;115(7):615–619.

Liver transplantation in a patient with cholangiocarcinoma and ulcerative colitis.

G M Abouna, R M Preshaw, J L Silva, W J Hollingsworth, N B Hershfield, W Novak, D T Shaw, J M Vetters
PMCID: PMC1878766  PMID: 184908

Abstract

A 39 year-old patient with cholangiocarcinoma and pre-existing ulcerative colitis was successfully treated by orthotopic liver transplantation. He was given low doses of prednisone and azathioprine and survived for more than 9 months, dying with tumour metastases, thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and an intra-abdominal abscess. At autopsy the homograft showed little evidence of rejection. Preoperatively the patient had septicemia. Removal of his liver was difficult. The discrepancy between donor and recipient in size of blood vessels and the presence of two hepatic arteries in the donor caused problems during the vascular anastomoses. During the operation cardiac arrest occurred. Postoperatively there were several medical and surgical problems, including intraperitoneal and gastrointestinal hemorrhage, paralysis of the right dome of the diaphragm, sinus bradycardia, massive diuresis, peroneal nerve palsy, and one major and three minor episodes of rejection, which were reversed by giving pulse doses of methylprednisolone intravenously.

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