Liver Transplantation because of Acute Liver Failure due to Heme Arginate Overdose in a Patient with Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Liver Transplantation because of Acute Liver Failure due to Heme Arginate Overdose in a Patient with Acute Intermittent Porphyria

In acute attacks of acute intermittent porphyria, the mainstay of treatment is glucose and heme arginate administration. We present the case of a 58-year-old patient with acute liver failure requiring urgent liver transplantation after erroneous 6-fold overdose of heme arginate during an acute attac...

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Main Authors: Pascal Frei, Elisabeth I. Minder, Natascia Corti, Beat Muellhaupt, Andreas Geier, Heiner Adams, Jean-Paul Dutertre, Alain Rudiger, Philipp Dutkowski, Marco Maggiorini, Christoph C. Ganter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-04-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Heme arginate
Acute intermittent porphyria
Overdose
Acute liver failure
Liver transplantation
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/338354

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