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Liver transplant from an ABO-incompatible and hepatitis C antibody-positive but an HCV-RNA negative living donor in a familial amyloid polyneuropathy patient

Exp Clin Transplant. 2013 Apr;11(2):182-5. doi: 10.6002/ect.2012.0158. Epub 2012 Nov 22.

Abstract

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy is a rare, progressively disabling, and ultimately fatal inherited disease. Liver transplant is currently the only available treatment proven to halt the progression of familial amyloid polyneuropathy. We report a 31-year-old woman with familial amyloid polyneuropathy who received a living-donor liver transplant from her husband who was hepatitis C virus antibody-positive but HCV-RNA negative and ABO incompatible. Six years after the transplant, both donor and recipient have normal liver biochemistry results; no hepatitis C viral load has been detectable in the recipient. This is the first report of a living ABO-incompatible liver transplant from an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody-positive but an HCV-RNA negative donor. This experience suggests that the use of an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody-positive hepatic graft is possible in select circumstances.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • ABO Blood-Group System*
  • Adult
  • Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / surgery*
  • Blood Group Incompatibility*
  • Female
  • Hepacivirus / genetics
  • Hepacivirus / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis C / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis C / immunology
  • Hepatitis C Antibodies / blood*
  • Histocompatibility Testing
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Living Donors*
  • Male
  • Spouses
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • ABO Blood-Group System
  • Hepatitis C Antibodies