Unexpected diagnosis in a liver donor candidate

Starry Liver: An Unexpected Diagnosis

A 65-year-old man presented with mildly elevated gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) serum level on blood tests done for general check-up, and the finding of hepatomegaly and diffuse heterogeneity of the hepatic parenchyma on abdominal ultrasound. The patient’s history included essential hypertension treated with angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibitors. The patient had no other features of the ...

The survival benefit of deceased donor liver transplantation as a function of candidate disease severity and donor quality.

The survival benefit of liver transplantation depends on candidate disease severity, as measured by MELD score. However, donor liver quality may also affect survival benefit. Using US data from the SRTR on 28 165 adult liver transplant candidates wait-listed between 2001 and 2005, we estimated survival benefit according to cross-classifications of candidate MELD score and deceased donor risk in...

Construction of recombinant yeast expressing EpEX as a suitable candidate in cancer diagnosis and therapy

Introduction: Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a membrane glycoprotein that is overexpressed on the majority of tumor cells of epithelial origin and thereby can be used as a target of immunodetection and immunotherapy of cancer. So, it is important to produce this protein in its native form. Interestingly, during the last two decades, the yeast Pichia pastoris (P. pastoris) has beco...

Evaluation of the donor liver for living donor liver transplantation.

Key Points 1. Accurate assessment of the donor liver is an important component of the living donor liver evaluation and is critical to ensure a successful outcome for both donor and recipient. 2. Liver biochemistry tests, viral hepatitis serological tests, tests to exclude chronic liver disease, and volumetric computed tomographic or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the liver are performed ro...

An unexpected diagnosis.