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Shirota Y, Iwata A, Ishiura H, Hashimoto M, Goto J, Shimizu J, Hanajima R, Nakajima J, Takazawa Y, Tsuji S. A case of atypical amyloid polyneuropathy with predominant upper-limb involvement with the diagnosis unexpectedly found at lung operation. Intern Med 2010; 49:1627-31. [PMID: 20686303 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We present a patient of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) with predominant upper-limb involvement, the pattern of which resembled a mononeuropathy multiplex pattern. Sural nerve biopsy failed to diagnose the disorder, but lung partial resection performed later for other diagnostic purposes suggested FAP. A rare mutation in the transthyretin gene (S50R) was subsequently confirmed. Diagnostic challenges of FAP with atypical clinical presentations, including difficulties in pathological diagnosis, are discussed with a review of the literature.
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- Yuichiro Shirota
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
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Bademci G, Erdemoglu AK, Evliyaoglu C, Atasoy P, Keskil S. Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome associated to familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2005; 108:77-9. [PMID: 16311153 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Revised: 10/14/2004] [Accepted: 11/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A unique case of bilateral severe carpal tunnel syndrome due to familial Mediterranean fever is reported. The syndrome was diagnosed by clinical examination and electrophysiological studies. Bilateral transverse carpal ligaments were released and the biopsy specimens revealed systemic type A amyloidosis. Up to our knowledge, the co-existence of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and familial Mediterranean fever has not been reported previously in the literature.
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- Gulsah Bademci
- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kirikkale, Turkey.
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Takeichi T, Okajima H, Suda H, Hayashida S, Iwasaki H, Ramirez MZ, Ueno M, Asonuma K, Inomata Y. Living domino liver transplantation in an adult with congenital absence of portal vein. Liver Transpl 2005; 11:1285-8. [PMID: 16184557 DOI: 10.1002/lt.20561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Congenital absence of the portal vein (CAPV) is a rare malformation of the splanchnic venous system. Although CAPV is usually detected in the pediatric age group, our patient was a 35-year-old woman. She had been diagnosed with CAPV in 1996 when she was 27 years old. In 1998, she was placed on hemodialysis due to chronic renal failure. After several episodes of encephalopathy in 2002, liver transplantation (LT) was recommended to her and her family. Since there was no suitable living donor candidate, she was put on the waiting list for a deceased donor liver transplant in Japan. In 2004, her ammonia level increased to around 300 microg/dl, and she went into a coma lasting for three days. After recovering from this event, she underwent a living domino transplantation using a whole liver donated by a familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) patient. Her portal vein, which had drained directly into the inferior vena cava (IVC), was transected together with a cuff of the IVC wall and anastomosed to the graft liver portal vein in an end-to-end fashion. In conclusion, liver transplantation proved to be a safe and effective way to save this patient and improve her quality of life.
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- Takayuki Takeichi
- Department of Transplantation and Pediatric Surgery, Postgraduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjyo, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Haraoka K, Ando Y, Ando E, Sun X, Nakamura M, Terazaki H, Misumi S, Tanoue Y, Tajiri T, Shoji S, Ishizaki T, Okabe H, Tanihara H. Presence of variant transthyretin in aqueous humor of a patient with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy after liver transplantation. Amyloid 2002; 9:247-51. [PMID: 12557753 DOI: 10.3109/13506120209114101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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To determine the origin of transthyretin (TTR) in the aqueous humor of patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), we measured TTR levels and analyzed the TTR forms in the aqueous humor of three FAP patients (one patient; liver transplanted, and two patients; non-transplanted). The total TTR levels were almost the same as reported previously in non-transplanted patients and slightly increased in a transplanted patient. Analyses with mass spectrometry in the two non-transplanted FAP ATTR V30M patients revealed that both wild type and variant TTR forms were detected in their aqueous humor samples. Moreover, variant TTR forms could be detected in the aqueous humor of the transplanted patient while the liver produced no variant TTR. These results suggest that variant TTR in aqueous humor may be derived from retina where TTR was produced. In conclusion, TTR metabolism may occur in its own ocular cycle and variant TTR produced by the retina may play an important role in amyloid formation in the ocular tissues of FAP patients.
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- Katsuki Haraoka
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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Gertz MA, Lacy MQ, Dispenzieri A, Gastineau DA, Chen MG, Ansell SM, Inwards DJ, Micallef INM, Tefferi A, Litzow MR. Stem cell transplantation for the management of primary systemic amyloidosis. Am J Med 2002; 113:549-55. [PMID: 12459400 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(02)01208-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To review the characteristics and outcomes of amyloidosis patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell reconstitution. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Sixty-six patients with biopsy-proven amyloidosis received transplants between March 1996 and January 2001. All patients had evidence of a clonal plasma cell dyscrasia; those with nonimmunoglobulin forms of amyloidosis were excluded, as were those who had no symptoms of amyloidosis, purpura, carpal tunnel syndrome, or symptomatic multiple myeloma. RESULTS Amyloid was seen clinically in the kidneys (n = 45 patients), heart (n = 32), peripheral nerves (n = 11), and liver (n = 11). A monoclonal protein was found in the serum in 46 patients and in the urine in 57 patients. The median daily urinary protein loss was 4.1 g. Septal thickness, measured by echocardiography, ranged from 7 to 24 mm (median, 12 mm); 8 patients had a septal thickness > or =16 mm. Ten patients received transplants 1 year or more after diagnosis. All patients received melphalan-based chemotherapy; 17 patients were conditioned with total body irradiation. Nine patients required dialysis, 7 of whom died. Treatment-related mortality for stem cell transplantation was 14% (9/66). After a median of 25 months of follow-up after transplantation, the percentage of patients alive with one organ involved was 91% (31 of 34); two organs, 82% (18 of 22); three organs, 33% (3 of 9); and four organs, 0% (0 of 1). Hematologic responses were seen in 33 patients and organ responses in 32 patients. The 2-year actuarial survival of all patients was 70%. CONCLUSION The number of organs involved before stem cell transplantation for amyloidosis is the most important factor in predicting subsequent survival. Stem cell transplantation should be considered as a treatment option for selected patients with amyloidosis.
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- Morie A Gertz
- Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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- W David Lewis
- Tufts Medical School, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA
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Munítiz V, Ramírez P, Robles R, S-Bueno F, Fernández JA, Pons JA, Miras M, Lujan J, Rodríguez J, Acosta F, Parrilla P. Sequential (domino) liver transplantation in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type II. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:309. [PMID: 11959300 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02777-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- V Munítiz
- Liver Transplant Unit, Vergin de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain
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Munítiz V, Ramírez P, Munar M, Andreu F, Robles R, S-Bueno F, Fernández JA, Pons JA, Miras M, De Mingo P, Lujan J, Rodríguez JM, Bru M, Acosta F, Parrilla P. Reversibility of the neurologic alterations in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type I after liver transplantation (22 cases). Transplant Proc 2002; 34:310-1. [PMID: 11959301 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02778-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- V Munítiz
- Liver Transplant Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain
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Figueras J, Parés D, Munar-Qués M, Torras J, Fabregat J, Rafecas A, Ramos E, Lama C, Busquets J, Dalmau A, Sabate A, Jaurrieta E. Experience with domino or sequential liver transplantation in familial patients with amyloid polyneuropathy. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:307-8. [PMID: 11959299 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02776-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- J Figueras
- Liver Transplant Unit, C.S.U. Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ramirez P, De Mingo P, Andreu F, Munar M, Hernández Q, Munítiz V, Robles R, Sanchez-Bueno F, Parrilla P. Long-term results of liver transplantation in four siblings from the same family with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type I TTR Ala-71. Transpl Int 2001; 13 Suppl 1:S171-3. [PMID: 11111990 DOI: 10.1007/s001470050318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type I (FAP I) is a hereditary systemic amyloidosis usually involving the peripheral nervous system. In this paper we report our experience regarding the survival and the evolution of the sensory motor syndrome of the extremities and autonomic dysfunction in four siblings with the Ala-71 variant who were treated by liver transplantation (LT). The four siblings are alive 2-5 years after LT. After the operation, the seriated determinations of TTR-Ala-71 variant showed a constant decrease in serum levels in all cases. Our results support the proposal that LT should be indicated especially in forms with early clinical onset (3rd and 4th decades) and rapid progress to stop the neurological deterioration of the patients.
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- P Ramirez
- Liver Transplant Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain
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- G Herlenius
- Huddinge Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abe K. Cautions after liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Intern Med 2001; 40:193-4. [PMID: 11310483 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Owa M, Takei Y, Hashikura Y, Kawasaki S, Koyama M, Ikeda S. Recurrent cerebral embolism in a familial amyloid polyneuropathy patient who received partial liver transplantation from a living donor. Intern Med 2001; 40:259-64. [PMID: 11310496 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cerebral embolism in relation to cardiac amyloidosis has not been widely noted. A 47-year-old woman who had been suffering from familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) for 7 years was treated with partial liver transplantation from a living donor and her early postoperative course was uneventful. During the 391st to 613th postoperative day she experienced recurrent cerebral infarctions, but clinical examinations revealed no disorders capable of producing cerebral embolism. At autopsy splenic infarction and intracardiac thrombi adhering to the mitral valve and left atrium were found, and these areas showed severe amyloid deposition. Amyloid heart is considered to be one possible cause of systemic embolism.
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- M Owa
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto
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Nineteen patients, who had undergone liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, had answered a quality of life questionnaire including 61 questions on somatic and mental symptoms, social aspects of life, confidence and satisfaction before, one year, and two years after transplantation. We found that patient satisfaction was generally good two years or more after the transplantation. Most of the patients were very or quite satisfied with the result. All of them had the drive to go on and felt hopeful about the future. However, on the second follow-up, 37% of the patients noted that they felt more insecure in their everyday life and there was a significant difference between the two assessments. The diarrhea score became worse between one and two years after the transplantation and was closely related to the duration of the gastrointestinal symptoms and to the duration of the disease before transplantation. The mental symptoms also increased significantly between the evaluations and this related to the severity of the somatic symptoms. Our conclusion is that liver transplantation should be performed before advanced somatic symptoms start to develop in order to improve the patients' chances of a good quality of life following liver transplantation.
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- E Jonsén
- Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Section, Umeå University Hospital, Sweden.
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Suhr OB, Lång K, Wikström L, Anan I, Ando Y, El-Salhy M, Holmgren G, Tashima K. Scavenger treatment of free radical injury in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: a study on Swedish transplanted and non-transplanted patients. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 2001; 61:11-8. [PMID: 11300606 DOI: 10.1080/00365510151067884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Since oxidative stress has been implicated in amyloid diseases, a study of scavenger treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis was undertaken on 23 familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) patients. Nine patients had undergone a liver transplantation for the disease. Twenty patients completed the 6-month study period of scavenger treatment (vitamin C, 1 g, three times daily, vitamin E, 0.1 g, three times daily and acetylcysteine, 0.2 g three times daily). They were evaluated clinically and by immunohistochemical measurement of hydroxynonenal (HNE), a product of lipid peroxidation, in biopsy specimens. For non-transplanted patients, no improvement was found for HNE in relation to the amyloid content in biopsy specimens, whereas a tendency to a decreased amount was noted for transplanted patients. Clinically, no differences were found for non-transplanted patients, but an increased nutritional status, measured by a modified body mass index (mBMI) was noted for transplanted patients. In summary, scavenger treatment with the drugs and doses used in the present study appears to be unable to decrease lipid peroxidation in amyloid-rich tissue in non-transplanted FAP patients. For transplanted patients, lipid peroxidation tended to decrease, and the nutritional status measured by mBMI improved, even though the findings may be explained by liver transplantation alone, scavenger treatment may facilitate recovery after transplantation.
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- O B Suhr
- Department of Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Sweden.
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Tomé L, Ferrão J, Furtado E, Geraldes J, Mota O, Oliveira F, Perdigoto R, Viana J, Cipriano A, Furtado L. Sequential liver transplantation: 27 cases in 25 patients. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:1430-2. [PMID: 11267359 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02540-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- L Tomé
- Transplantation Department, University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
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Inomata Y, Nakamura T, Uemoto S, Tanaka K, Wakabayashi G, Shimazu M. Domino split-liver transplantation from a living donor: case reports of in situ and ex situ splitting. Liver Transpl 2001; 7:150-3. [PMID: 11172401 DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2001.21299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The liver from a patient with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) scheduled for living donor liver transplantation can be split and transplanted into 2 adult patients with end-stage liver disease. We have performed this procedure, called domino split transplantation, twice. The native liver was split in situ in 1 patient with FAP and ex situ in the other patient with FAP. The recipients of the livers from the patients with FAP and their living donors are doing well without serious complications. Of the 4 secondary recipients, 3 patients survived. Domino split-liver transplantation from a living donor thus appears to be a promising procedure for expansion of the donor pool.
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- Y Inomata
- Department of Transplantation and Immunology, Kyoto University, 54 Kawaracho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
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- G Herlenius
- Huddinge University Hospital, Department of Transplant Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden
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Viana JS, Pereira MG, Lozano L, Vieira H, Palmeiro A, Lourenço M, Tavares CA, Seco C, Neves S, Bento C, Perdigoto R, Ferrer-Antunes C, Craveiro AL, Furtado L. Thrombelastographic evidence of hyperfibrinolysis during liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy ATTR met 30. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2645-6. [PMID: 11134740 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01820-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J S Viana
- Department of Transplantation, Department of Anesthesiology, and Hematology Laboratory, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Carvalho MJ, Lobato L, Ventura A, Beirão I, Rocha G, Seca R, Miranda HP, Silvestre F, Pereira MC, Guimarães S. Remission of proteinuria following liver transplantation for familial amyloid polyneuropathy TTR met30. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2664-6. [PMID: 11134752 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01832-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- M J Carvalho
- Department of Nephrology, Liver Transplantation Program, and Department of Pathology, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.
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Ikeda S. [Recent advances of the treatment in metabolic disorders]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2000; 40:1264-6. [PMID: 11464474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) and adult type (type II) citrullinemia are caused by metabolic disorders in liver: the vast majority of serum amyloid precursors (variant forms of transthyretin) in FAP are produced in liver and adult citrullinemia is ascribed to a deficiency of argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS), one of the five urea cycle enzymes in liver. Liver transplantation is, therefore, expected to correct the underlying metabolic abnormalities in both diseases. We performed partial liver transplantation using grafts from living donors for 13 patients with FAP and outcomes of 10 patients are satisfactory: polyneuritic and autonomic symptoms are gradually improving. The remaining 3 patients, all of whom were at advanced stages of the disease, had adverse postoperative results, presumably because of serious dysfunctions of amyloid-laden systemic organs. Similarly seven patients with adult citrullinemia received this transplantation and all recovered uneventfully. After operation plasma levels of ammonia and citrulline were soon normalized and five patients had returned to their previous social lives. Liver transplantation is a very promising therapy for the liver-based metabolic disorders.
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- S Ikeda
- Department of Medicine (Neurology), Shinshu University School of Medicine
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Viana JS, Bento C, Vieira H, Neves S, Seco C, Perdigoto R, Craveiro AL, Furtado L. Requirements of circulatory support during liver transplantation: are patients with familial amyloidosis different from other patients? Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2652-3. [PMID: 11134745 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01825-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J S Viana
- Department of Transplantation and Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Nishizaki T, Kishikawa K, Yoshizumi T, Uchiyama H, Okano S, Ikegami T, Hashimoto K, Nomoto K, Shimada M, Yanaga K, Takenaka K, Sugimachi K, Ando Y, Ando M. Domino liver transplantation from a living related donor. Transplantation 2000; 70:1236-9. [PMID: 11063347 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200010270-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although domino liver transplantations (OLT) from cadaveric donors have been performed in about 50 cases since 1995, only one case in the Japanese literature has been reported on a domino OLT from a living related donor. The difficulties of the later surgery lie in the small size of the graft volume and the short length of the vascular cuffs in the graft. METHODS The left lobe graft was procured from a 43-year-old younger brother of a familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) patient. Next, the left lobe graft (510 g, 44% of the estimated standard liver volume of the FAP patient) was implanted into the 48-year-old female FAP patient. At surgery for the FAP patient, a sufficient length of the vascular cuffs was secured by an extended left lobe resection, although the right lobe graft was able to maintain sufficient vascular cuffs. The right lobe graft (720 g, 54% of the recipient's estimated standard liver volume) was then implanted in the 43-year-old male patient with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (stage IV-A). RESULTS The two recipients were discharged from the hospital 1 month after OLT. At 7 months after OLT, they are both doing well and the domino recipient is free of any tumor recurrence. CONCLUSION A domino OLT from the living related donor can therefore be done safely when careful attention is paid to the graft volume and the length of the vascular cuffs for anastomosis.
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- T Nishizaki
- Department of Surgery II, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Nishino M, Tagaya N, Lynch SV, Steadman C, Balderson GA, Strong RW. Liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy in Australia. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2000; 7:312-5. [PMID: 10982632 DOI: 10.1007/s005340070054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type 1 (FAP-1) is a type of systemic amyloidosis caused by mutant transthyretin (mTTR) that is mainly produced in the liver. Most patients have progressive peripheral and autonomic neuropathy. Ten patients with FAP underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) at the Queensland Liver Transplant Service (Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia). Nine patients are still alive, and one patient died of cardiac failure 10 days after OLT. Some symptoms of FAP were alleviated in some of the patients. OLT seems to be a worthwhile treatment for FAP, because it halts the progression of symptoms and achieves improvement in some patients.
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- M Nishino
- Queensland Liver Transplant Service, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, Portuguese type patients' endocrine cell content in the stomach and duodenum before and after liver transplantation, and to relate the findings to the patients' gastrointestinal disturbances. METHODS Ten liver-transplanted familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, Portuguese type patients and 10 healthy controls were seen. Endocrine cells were identified by immunohistochemistry and quantified with computerized image analysis. The activity of the cells was appraised by measurements of the cell secretory index and nuclear area. Clinical symptoms were obtained from the patients' medical records. RESULTS After transplantation, a significant increase of several endocrine cell types were noted, and the pretransplant depletion of several types of endocrine cells disappeared. For no type of endocrine cell was any difference compared with controls noted after transplantation. There was no significant decrease of the amount of amyloid in the biopsies after liver transplantation. The patients' symptoms remained generally unchanged after transplantation, although a substantial time lapse between pretransplant evaluation and transplantation was present. CONCLUSIONS Liver transplantation restores the endocrine cells in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. The restoration was not correlated with an improvement of the patients' symptoms. No decrease of the amyloid deposits was noted.
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- I Anan
- Department of Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Sweden
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Lång K, Wikström L, Danielsson A, Tashima K, Suhr OB. Outcome of gastrointestinal complications after liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Scand J Gastroenterol 2000; 35:985-9. [PMID: 11063162 DOI: 10.1080/003655200750023084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal disturbances are important prognostic factors for mortality and morbidity after liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). However, the impact of liver transplantation on malabsorption and bacterial small-bowel contamination has not been evaluated. METHODS Twenty-three FAP patients were available for the study. They were examined for gastrointestinal disturbances as a part of the evaluation for liver transplantation for FAP. Bile acid malabsorption was diagnosed with the [75Se]-homocholic acid taurate (SeHCAT) test; fat malabsorption by measuring faecal fat excretion; and bacterial small-bowel contamination with the hydrogen breath test (HBT). RESULTS No significant improvement of malabsorption test results were noted from the pre-transplant evaluation 8 months (range, 2-20 months) before transplantation to the post-transplant evaluation performed a median of 20 months (range, 9-62 months) after the procedure. The SeHCAT test result became abnormal in two patients and normal in one, and changes in the test correlated with the time the patients were waiting for transplantation. Faecal fat excretion after transplantation correlated with duration of the disease and with fat excretion before transplantation. A significantly increased fat excretion was noted at the post-transplant evaluation. A change in HBT result was noted in only one patient, in whom the test result became normal; pre-transplant values correlated with those obtained after transplantation. CONCLUSION For most FAP patients no improvement in gastrointestinal function was found after transplantation. The finding underlines the importance of an early transplantation before the patients have developed gastrointestinal dysfunction.
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- K Lång
- Dept. of Medicine, Piteå Hospital, Sweden
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- A G Tzakis
- University of Miami, School of Medicine 1801 NW 9th Ave, Suite 511 Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Hita Villaplana G, Hita Rosino E, López Cubillana P, Asensio Egea L, Martínez Pertusa P, Pérez Albacete M. Corino-Andrade disease (familial amyloidotic polineuropathy type I) in Spain: urological and andrological disorders. Neurourol Urodyn 2000; 16:55-61. [PMID: 9021790 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6777(1997)16:1<55::aid-nau7>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In our hospital, we have followed a group of patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), type I. This disease is characterized by a progressive sensitive-motor and autonomic polyneuropathy. The amyloid fibrils of FAP I contain a mutant transthyretin (TTR) molecule. More than 90% of TTR production occurs in the liver. Thus, therapy with liver transplantation has proved useful. All our patients received this treatment. In this study we describe the urological and andrological disorders caused by FAP type I in 12 patients with low bladder pressure and bladder neck obstruction with micturition disorders. In some males, it was accompanied by impotence and retrograde ejaculation produced by autonomic neuropathy. We believe hepatic transplantation may be the best treatment for this disease.
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- G Hita Villaplana
- Virgen de la Arrixaca University Urological Service, Clinical Hospital, Murcia, Spain
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Transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis is the most common form of hereditary amyloidosis. It is a systemic amyloidosis caused by an amyloidogenic variant TTR (ATTR), of which the methionine for valine at position 30 (ATTR Val30Met) gives rise to a fatal neuropathic amyloidosis. Because more than 95% of TTR is produced by the liver, a liver transplantation should abolish the liver's production of amyloidogenic mutant TTR and thereby halt amyloid formation. The first liver transplantation for hereditary TTR amyloidosis was performed in Sweden in 1990 on a patient with ATTR Val30Met amyloidosis, and the result was encouraging. Today, liver transplantation for TTR amyloidosis is an established treatment. However, the disease is rarely seen except in a few endemic areas; therefore, most transplantation centers only receive a few cases. Because the disease phenotype varies with different TTR mutations and variability is even encountered for the same mutation, an evaluation of patients for transplantation must include an investigation of all organs that may be affected by the disease and may impact on the morbidity and mortality of the procedure. The aim of this review is to present the results of liver transplantation for TTR amyloidosis and give recommendations for patient evaluation and selection based on the literature and our experience with the disease.
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- O B Suhr
- Department of Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
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OBJECTIVES Advanced glycation end products (AGE) are present in amyloid deposits in beta2-microglobulin amyloidosis, and it has been postulated that glycation of beta2-microglobulin may be involved in fibril formation. The aim of this paper was to ascertain whether AGE occur in amyloid deposits in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). SETTING Department of Medicine, Umeå University Hospital and First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine. DESIGN The presence of AGE was sought immunohistochemically and biochemically in amyloid-rich tissues from patients with FAP. SUBJECTS Biopsy specimens from nine patients and 10 controls were used for the immunohistochemical analysis. For amyloid preparation, vitreous samples from three FAP patients were used. RESULTS Immunohistochemical studies using a polyclonal anti-AGE antibody revealed positive immunoreactivity in intestinal materials, but the pattern of reactivity was unevenly distributed; it was often present in the border of amyloid deposits, or surrounding them. Non-amyloid associated immunoreactivity was also observed in a few regions of the specimens, although the AGE-positive structures were situated in areas containing amyloid deposits. Western blotting of purified amyloid from the vitreous body of FAP patients revealed a significant association of AGE with amyloid fibrils. CONCLUSION The immunoreactivity for the AGE antibody suggests that AGE may be involved in fibril formation in FAP.
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- N Nyhlin
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Department of Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, S-901 85 Umeå, Sweden
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Kawasaki S, Hashikura Y, Ikegami T, Nakazawa Y, Miwa S, Kubota T, Mita A, Terada M, Miyagawa S, Furukawa H, Todo S, Makuuchi M. First case of cadaveric liver transplantation in Japan. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2000; 6:387-90. [PMID: 10664287 DOI: 10.1007/s005340050136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The first case of liver transplantation from a brain-dead donor in Japan is described. The recipient was a 43-year-old man with familial amyloid polyneuropathy who manifested various neuropathic symptoms and autonomic dysfunction at the time of transplantation. The graft had three arteries, for which a single trunk was created at the back table. A side-to-side cavacaval anastomosis was performed as an outflow reconstruction. To avoid portal congestion, a temporary shunt between the right posterior branch of the portal vein and the vena cava was constructed, instead of a venovenous bypass. The graft preservation time was 7.2 h and the operation time was 12.2 h. Although sufficient blood flow in the hepatic artery, portal vein, and hepatic vein was confirmed intra- and postoperatively, using Doppler ultrasound, transient graft dysfunction was observed immediately after surgery, but there was spontaneous improvement. The patient was discharged 100 days after transplantation.
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- S Kawasaki
- First Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), a hereditary form of systemic amyloidosis with clinically significant neuropathy and cardiomyopathy, is caused by a genetic defect of the transthyretin gene, which is mostly synthesized in the liver. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is thought to eliminate the amyloidogenic protein and currently is the only definitive treatment for this disorder. The aim of this study was to define the distribution and extent of amyloid deposition in tissues from these patients and evaluate the suitability of the resected FAP livers for transplantation into non-FAP patients. Surgical specimens from 14 patients removed at the time of OLT and autopsy tissues from 3 of the 14 were examined histologically using hematoxylin and eosin and Congo red-stained sections. The extent of amyloid deposits was evaluated, semiquantitatively graded from negative to marked, and correlated with clinical course and patient outcome. Amyloid deposits were consistently seen in hilar and vagus nerves. Liver lobular involvement was minimal in 1 and absent in the other 13 cases, with portal arterial amyloid deposits seen in 7 cases. At autopsy, extensive amyloid deposition in the heart was seen in all 3 cases with involvement of the conduction system. The extent of amyloid deposition at OLT did not correlate with the duration of symptoms before OLT or patient outcome after OLT. In conclusion, liver parenchymal involvement in FAP is minimal, and these explants are suitable for grafting in non-FAP patients. The recipients of such grafts must be carefully observed for the development of any amyloid-related disease, particularly cardiomyopathy. Of the tissues removed at OLT, the histopathologic confirmation of FAP is most consistently made by the examination of hilar and vagus nerves.
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- B H Shaz
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Azoulay D, Samuel D, Adam R, Savier E, Karam V, Delvard V, Saliba F, Ichai P, Roche B, Feray C, Vallee JC, Smail A, Castaing D, Bismuth H. Paul Brousse Liver Transplantation: the first 1,500 cases. Clin Transpl 2000:273-80. [PMID: 11512321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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During the past 16 years, more than 1,500 liver transplants were performed at Paul Brousse Hospital. The overall patient survival rates were 83% at one year and 65% at 10 years. Our group has pioneered a variety of new approaches to liver transplantation, including: 1. Anti-HBs (HBIG) prophylaxis for the prevention of HBV recurrence. To date more than 270 patients have received long-term treatment and the overall 10-year recurrence rate was 27%. 2. Transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma of the cirrhotic liver in patients with uni- or binodular HCC (< 3 cm). Survival for transplanted patients was 83% compared with 18% if the liver was resected. 3. Transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). More than 60 patients had 5- and 10-year survival rates of 85% and 83%, respectively. Ten livers obtained after hepatectomy from these FAP patients were transplanted as "domino" living donor livers to patients with unresectable liver cancers with satisfactory short-term results. 4. Reduced-size liver grafts have been used successfully to reduce pretransplant mortality and posttransplant morbidity and mortality by shortening the wait for our pediatric patients. 5. Split-liver transplantation has increased the number of transplantable livers by 28%. 6. Split-liver transplantation for 2 adults. Using optimal livers we have transplanted 34 adults with grafts prepared by ex-vivo or in-situ splitting with good survival rates. 7. Adult-to-adult living-related donor liver transplantation. In 2000, 7 adult-to-adult living donor transplants were performed with no complications from the donor surgeries. One recipient was retransplanted for arterial thrombosis, but all 7 recipients are alive at home. The Paul Brousse Hospital is committed to exploring new technologies to improve the outcome of and expand the indications for liver transplantation. We have taken a surgical approach to the organ shortage, finding new ways to serve the most patients with the limited number of livers available.
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- D Azoulay
- Centre Hépatobiliaire, UPRES 1596, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Sud, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
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Golling M, Singer R, Weiss G, Mehrabi A, Zapletal C, Kraus T, Herfarth C, Klar E. Sequential (domino) transplantation of the liver in a transthyretin-50 familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Special reference to cardiological diagnosis and complications. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2000; 385:21-6. [PMID: 10664115 DOI: 10.1007/s004230050005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND General shortage of cadaveric organs has led to a search for alternative methods to expand the donor pool. Sequential (domino) transplantation is yet another attempt to compensate for the declining consent to organ donation. PATIENTS AND METHODS To qualify for a domino liver transplantation, the following preconditions must be fulfilled: (1) extrahepatic disease must exist, (2) liver must be fully functional, and (3) the genetic defect in the host should recur within a sufficient latency period. Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is an autosomal dominant disease which involves a genetic defect for transthyretin (TTR), which is predominantly produced in the liver. RESULTS In this report, we describe a rare case of a FAP TTR-50 variant undergoing domino liver transplantation. Since myocardial symptoms precede peripheral polyneuropathy, special emphasis should be placed on arrhythmias and the restrictive cardiomyopathy necessitating a veno-venous bypass or a cardiac pacemaker in order to improve cardiac contractility. The type of anastomosis of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava and possible alternatives are discussed. CONCLUSION Despite ethical problems, the advantages of the domino procedure are obvious: (1) expansion of the donor pool, (2) ability to use living donors, and (3) presence of very short ischemic time and thus excellent liver function. Due to the kinetics of TTR production and deposition, donors and recipients of FAP livers should be followed up using an extensive neurological and cardiological protocol.
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- M Golling
- Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Azoulay D, Samuel D, Castaing D, Adam R, Adams D, Said G, Bismuth H. Domino liver transplants for metabolic disorders: experience with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. J Am Coll Surg 1999; 189:584-93. [PMID: 10589595 DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(99)00208-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Shortage of liver donors means that new methods of liver procurement must be explored. In domino transplantation, organs explanted during transplantation in one patient are transplanted into a second patient. Domino procedures can be performed with livers from patients having transplantation for hepatic metabolic disorders that cause systemic disease without affecting other liver functions. Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) type I is one of these. STUDY DESIGN We reviewed the Paul Brousse experience with a domino liver transplant program for FAP, hoping to extend the approach to other metabolic disorders. RESULTS Livers from 10 patients transplanted for FAP type 1 were used for domino transplants to patients with unresectable primary or metastatic liver cancers. There was no perioperative mortality. Neuropathy or cardiomyopathy did not increase the morbidity of the domino liver explant and transplant procedures. Morbidity for the domino recipients did not appear to be increased. Variant transthyretin was detected in the serum in FAP liver recipients, with no immediate clinical consequences. CONCLUSIONS The domino approach is feasible and requires careful planning of the surgical procedures for liver explantation, particularly for the nature and site of vascular anastomoses. Domino transplantation of metabolically dysfunctional livers creates new categories of potential donors and potential recipients. It raises new ethical, technical, and societal issues. The domino approach could be used in several genetic or biochemical disorders now treated by liver transplantation. It has the potential to increase the number of liver grafts available for transplantation.
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- D Azoulay
- Centre Hepatobiliaire et Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
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Tashima K, Ando Y, Terazaki H, Yoshimatsu S, Suhr OB, Obayashi K, Yamashita T, Ando E, Uchino M, Ando M. Outcome of liver transplantation for transthyretin amyloidosis: follow-up of Japanese familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy patients. J Neurol Sci 1999; 171:19-23. [PMID: 10567045 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00231-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Since 1990, liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) has been carried out world-wide, and the outcome of the procedure seems to be promising. FAP is inherited systemic disease caused by mutated transthyretin. The most common cause is the valine to methionine substitution at position 30 (Met30). We have developed a scoring system for FAP Met30 that takes into account a variety of clinical symptoms of the disease. Six patients with FAP Met30 underwent extensive examinations according to our scoring system before and after transplantation. All patients survived the procedure and are alive after transplantation. Improvements of sensory and autonomic disturbances were observed during the initial 12 months after the procedure only, thereafter the patients' status remained unchanged. Following transplantation, no improvement of motor function and visceral organ damage were observed, but the modified body mass index improved in four of six patients after the operation. These results suggest that liver transplantation of FAP patients stops the progress of the disease, and that minor improvements are noted in several patients after the procedure. However, transplantation should be performed early after the onset of the disease in order to preserve the patients' functional status.
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- K Tashima
- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan.
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BACKGROUND Amyloidoma in the central nervous system is extremely rare. We describe a rare case of amyloidoma in the gasserian ganglion manifesting as trigeminal neuropathy. METHODS A 41-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with progressive numbness and hypalgesia in the distribution of the second and third divisions of the left trigeminal nerve. There was no evidence of chronic inflammatory disorder or immunological abnormalities. Magnetic resonance images showed a mass in the left Meckel's cave that was brightly enhanced with gadolinium. RESULTS A reddish, firm mass was successfully removed via a left temporal craniotomy. Histologically, the tumor was composed of larger acellular deposits of eosinophilic material. The acellular deposits were positive for potassium permanganate-resistant Congo red staining, showing apple-green birefringence under polarized light and expression of immunoglobulin lambda light chain-derived proteins (A lambda) immunohistochemically. CONCLUSION The present case revealed an A lambda amyloidoma in the left gasserian ganglion. Although the incidence is rare, amyloidoma should be suspected in patients who complain of progressive trigeminal neuropathies and show an enhanced lesion in the gasserian ganglion on MR images.
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- T Matsumoto
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Cueto G, Trigo P, Arata A, Rodríguez D, Braña E, Braslavsky G, Lendoire J, Aziz H, Imventarza O. Evaluation of prognostic factors for early infection in liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:3061-2. [PMID: 10578395 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00672-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- G Cueto
- Liver Transplantation Unit, Hospital Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Lendoire JC, Trigo PL, Aziz HF, Scazzuso F, Cueto G, Imventarza O. Improvement of transthyretin familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy after liver transplantation in Argentinian patients. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:3058-9. [PMID: 10578393 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00670-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- J C Lendoire
- Liver Transplantation Unit, Hospital Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Fukunishi I, Kita Y, Harihara Y, Kubota K, Takayama T, Kawarasaki H, Makuuchi M. Musical hallucinations after living-donor liver transplantation. Psychosomatics 1999; 40:530-1. [PMID: 10581988 DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3182(99)71198-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recently, liver transplantation has been used to treat patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical course of patients with FAP who received partial-liver transplantation from living donors. DESIGN Case series. SETTING University hospital in Matsumoto, Japan. PATIENTS 11 patients with FAP who underwent partial-liver transplantation. The transthyretin gene abnormality in all 11 patients was the substitution of methionine for valine at position 30. INTERVENTION Partial liver transplantation from living donors. MEASUREMENTS Preoperative and follow-up (3 to 64 months) clinical data, including routine laboratory data, nerve conduction velocity tests, and sural nerve histology. RESULTS All 7 patients who had severe gastrointestinal autonomic disorders or polyneuropathy localized to the lower limbs for less than 4 years showed improvement. Three of 4 patients with polyneuropathy involving both the upper and lower limbs had adverse outcomes, including two deaths. The preoperative duration of their illness was more than 6 years. These 3 patients also had marked decreases in creatinine clearance and nerve conduction velocities and severe loss of myelinated fibers in sural nerves. CONCLUSION Preoperative clinical severity and duration of illness are associated with outcomes after liver transplantation for FAP.
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- Y Takei
- Department of Medicine, Neurology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Acosta F, Sansano T, Rodriguez MA, Contreras RF, Reche M, Beltran R, Roques V, Robles R, Bueno FS, Ramirez P, Parrilla P. Need for venovenous bypass in patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy treated with liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:2394-5. [PMID: 10500636 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00397-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- F Acosta
- Liver Transplant Unit, University Hospital V. Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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Ramírez P, De Mingo P, Andreu F, Munar M, Hernández Q, Munitiz V, Rios A, Pons JA, Miras M, Robles R, Sánchez-Bueno F, Parrilla P. Long-term results of liver transplantation in four siblings from the same family with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type I TTR ALA-71. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:2489-90. [PMID: 10500684 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00431-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- P Ramírez
- Unidad de Transplante Hepático, Hospital Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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Carvalho MJ, van den Meiracker AH, Boomsma F, Freitas J, Man in 't Veld AJ, Costa O, de Freitas AF. Role of sympathetic nervous system in cyclosporine-induced rise in blood pressure. Hypertension 1999; 34:102-6. [PMID: 10406831 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.34.1.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To clarify the role of the sympathetic nervous system in the development of cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced rise in blood pressure (BP), the effects of CsA on 24-hour ambulatory BP (ABP) were studied in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) who underwent a liver transplantation. On the basis of autonomic function tests, patients with absent or mild-to-moderate sympathetic damage (Group A, n=11, age 29 to 43 years, disease duration 2 to 6 years) and patients with severe sympathetic damage (Group B, n=9, age 27 to 38 years, disease duration 3 to 9 years) were identified. Both groups were followed for 1 year. The daily doses of CsA and the CsA whole blood trough levels between the groups did not differ. Pretransplantation values of daytime and nighttime ABP were, respectively, 117+/-8/76+/-7 mm Hg and 108+/-12/68+/-9 mm Hg in group A and 107+/-6/66+/-4 mm Hg (P<0.05 group A versus group B) and 102+/-6/62+/-4 mm Hg in group B. In response to CsA, BP increased in all patients, but more so in patients of group B than in patients of group A. One year after transplantation, daytime and nighttime ABP had increased by 6+/-9/3+/-11% and 12+/-10/14+/-14% in group A and by 12+/-6/13+/-10% (P<0.05) and 21+/-11/27+/-21% (P<0.01) in group B. In both groups, the increase in nighttime ABP was greater than the increase in daytime ABP, which resulted in an attenuation or, even, a reversal of the diurnal BP rhythm. Because the rise in BP was greater in patients with more advanced sympathetic dysfunction, the sympathetic nervous system appears to counteract the CsA-induced rise in BP rather than causing it. This implies involvement of factors other than sympathetic activation in the pathogenesis of CsA-induced rise in BP in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
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- M J Carvalho
- Centro de Estudos de Função Autonomica, Hospital S. Joao, Oporto Medical School, Oporto, Portugal
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García-Herola A, Prieto M, Pascual S, Berenguer M, López-Viedma B, Mir J, Vilchez JJ, Berenguer J. Progression of cardiomyopathy and neuropathy after liver transplantation in a patient with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy caused by tyrosine-77 transthyretin variant. Liver Transpl Surg 1999; 5:246-8. [PMID: 10226117 DOI: 10.1002/lt.500050309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy is an inherited form of amyloidosis associated with a mutant form of a protein called transthyretin. The Methionine-30 variant is the most frequent mutation observed. This disorder is caused by deposition of this protein as amyloid in several organs, such as the heart, kidneys, and peripheral nervous system. The disease is always progressive and fatal, and patients die 7 to 10 years after the onset of symptoms. Liver transplantation is at present the only choice for these patients because it provides improvement of symptoms and/or stops progression of the disease in most patients. We report the case of a patient who showed clear progression of cardiomyopathy and neuropathy after liver transplantation.
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- A García-Herola
- Hepatogastroenterology Service, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Dyer PA, Bobrow M. Domino hepatic transplantation using the liver from a patient with familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority (ULTRA). Transplantation 1999; 67:1202. [PMID: 10232578 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199904270-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Furtado L, Oliveira F, Furtado E, Geraldes B, Reis A, Viana J, Bento C, Vieira H, Neves S. Maximum sharing of cadaver liver grafts composite split and domino liver transplants. Liver Transpl Surg 1999; 5:157-8. [PMID: 10071357 DOI: 10.1002/lt.500050204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- L Furtado
- Transplant Unit, Hospital of the University of Coimbra, Portugal
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Parrilla Paricio P. [Indications and results of liver transplant in type I familial amyloid polyneuropathy]. Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999; 22 Suppl 1:27-31. [PMID: 10085599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- P Parrilla Paricio
- Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia
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Hemming AW, Cattral MS, Greig PD, Lilly LB, Ashby P, Levy GA. Domino liver transplantation for familial amyloid polyneuropathy: optimal use of a scarce resource. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:515. [PMID: 10083215 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01733-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The primary cause of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy is a variant transthyretin gene on chromosome 18. Progressive polyneuropathy followed by fatal cardiac and renal failure commonly manifest during middle age. Within 10 years after onset of clinical symptoms, affected individuals usually die due to malnutrition or heart failure. Currently, liver transplantation is the only available therapeutic option. METHODS We performed liver transplantation in two patients with Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy carrying the transthyretin-30 mutant. Two patients aged more than 50 years received the two explanted amyloidotic livers. This procedure is called Domino liver transplantation. We report the outcome in the studied subjects and analyze the metabolic consequences of this procedure. RESULTS We determined the serum half-life of transthyretin-30 as 2.25 days using daily monitoring of transthyretin-30 levels. An affected amyloidotic patient had an increased serum concentration of lipoprotein(a) of 78 mg/dl before transplantation. The tumor patient, who received the organ from this affected patient, developed an almost identical serum concentration of lipoprotein(a) after liver transplantation, confirming the liver as the primary site of synthesis of this lipoprotein. CONCLUSION Once Domino liver transplantation has been performed, the impact of the liver-dependent metabolism of specific proteins of interest can be studied.
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- H H Schmidt
- Department of Gastroenterology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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