Disseminated Metastatic Tissue Calcification After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Case Report.
Transplant Proc
; 48(1): 251-4, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Hypercalcemia has been observed in patients after liver transplantation. However, it is rare that the hypercalcemia induced disseminated tissue calcification and heart failure. CASE REPORT We report a rare case of heart failure caused by disseminated metastatic tissue calcification that involved extensive progressive myocardial calcification after liver transplantation. A 20-year-old man with end-stage liver disease due to biliary atresia underwent ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation. After successful transplantation, he suffered from antibody-mediated rejection. Subsequently, ABO-matched cadaveric liver retransplantation was successfully performed. Hypercalcemia developed gradually following the second transplantation. His serum calcium level increased to 18.3 mg/dL with sudden onset of ventricular tachycardia. Although he was resuscitated with a cardiopulmonary support device, he died of heart and liver failure. Histopathologic examination revealed systemic disseminated metastatic tissue calcification, including massive myocardial calcification.CONCLUSION:
Progressive worsening of hypercalcemia resulted in disseminated metastatic tissue calcification and massive metastatic myocardial calcification, which led to heart failure after liver transplantation. Because hypercalcemia after liver transplantation can cause fatal tissue calcification, early intervention for hypercalcemia should be considered.
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Assunto principal:
Calcinose
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Transplante de Fígado
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Falência Hepática
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Hipercalcemia
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Cardiomiopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article