Table 2.
Indications for liver transplantation.
Acute liver failure |
Hepatitis A, acetaminophen, autoimmune hepatitis |
Hepatitis B |
Hepatitis C, cryptogenic |
Drugs, hepatitis D |
Wilson's disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome |
Fatty infiltration—acute fatty liver of pregnancy, Reye's syndrome |
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Cirrhosis from chronic liver disease |
Chronic hepatitis B virus infection |
Chronic hepatitis C virus infection |
Alcoholic liver disease |
Autoimmune hepatitis |
Cryptogenic liver disease |
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
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Malignant diseases of the liver |
Hepatocellular carcinoma |
Carcinoid tumor |
Islet cell tumor |
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma |
Cholangiocarcinoma |
|
Metabolic liver disease |
Wilson's disease |
Hereditary hemochromatosis |
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency |
Glycogen storage disease |
Cystic fibrosis |
Glycogen storage disease I and IV |
Crigler-Najjar syndrome |
Galactosemia |
Type 1 hyperoxaluria |
Familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia |
Hemophilia A and B |
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Vascular diseases of the liver |
Budd-Chiari syndrome |
Veno-occlusive disease |
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Cholestatic liver diseases |
Primary biliary cirrhosis |
Primary sclerosing cholangitis |
Secondary biliary cirrhosis |
Biliary atresia |
Alagille syndrome |
Byler's disease |
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Miscellaneous |
Adult polycystic liver disease |
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia |
Caroli's disease |
Severe graft-versus-host disease |
Amyloidosis |
Sarcoidosis |
Hepatic trauma |