Korean J Gastroenterol.  2011 Mar;57(3):198-200. 10.4166/kjg.2011.57.3.198.

Intestinal Thrombotic Microangiopathy after Liver Transplantation

• Kim ER
• Kim KM

• KMID: 1128361
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2011.57.3.198

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Acute Disease
Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use
Colon/pathology
Colonoscopy
DNA, Viral/blood
Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use
Ganciclovir/therapeutic use
Hepatitis B/diagnosis
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents/adverse effects/therapeutic use
*Liver Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Mycophenolic Acid/therapeutic use
Tacrolimus/adverse effects/therapeutic use
Thrombotic Microangiopathies/chemically induced/*etiology/pathology

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Colonoscopic findings in the descending colon (A) and sigmoid colon (B) showed longitudinal ulcerations and erythematous mucosal changes which mimicked ischemic colitis.

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  Fig. 2. Pathologic findings of colon biopsy. (A) It showed denuded mucosa with mucosal congestion and hemorrhage (H&E, ×100) (B) with micro-thrombi (arrows) in capillaries with swollen and detached endothelial cells (H&E, ×400).

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