Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia of the liver complicated by ischemic bile duct necrosis and sepsis: Case report and review of the literature

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2113-2117

  Mavrakis, Anastasios ^a,b   Demetris, Anthony ^a   Ochoa, Erin Rubin ^a   Rabinovitz, Mordechai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Ischemic bile duct necrosis; Liver transplant; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SEPSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BILE DUCT DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NECROSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 77954411867     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0968-0     Document Type: Article

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