PMID: 8600690Jan 1, 1995Paper

Pathology of the explanted liver in liver transplantation

Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie
W J Hofmann

Abstract

The primary diseases of 209 explanted livers of the transplantation center of the University of Heidelberg are presented. Liver cirrhosis was found in 48.8% as the primary disease followed by the group of malignancies of the liver (28.2%) with HCC as the predominant tumor. Fulminant liver failure was found in 13.8% as the primary disease. Metabolic disorders comprised a small group of 11 cases (5.3%). 7 cases were transplanted for Budd Chiari syndrome (3.3%) and one case was transplanted for E. alveolaris. The examination of fulminant viral hepatitis revealed evidence of the involvement of the APO-1/Fas (CD95) system in the pathogenesis of this disorder. Prognostic factors for recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma are size and number of tumor nodules as well as proliferative activity of the tumors determined by Ki67 immunostaining. Diagnosis of HCV infection of the livers is best established by RT-PCR after RNA extraction and is still superior to other immunohistochemical or in-situ methods.

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