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| Orthotopic liver transplantation from a donor with Schistosoma japonicum |
| Bo Peng, Xing-Guo She, Ke Cheng, Hong Liu, Ying Niu and Ying-Zi Ming |
The Transplantation Center of the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China; Engineering & Technology Research Center for Transplantation Medicine of National Ministry of Health, Changsha 410013, China (Peng B, She XG, Cheng K, Liu H, Niu Y and Ming YZ)
Corresponding Author: Ying-Zi Ming (Email: myz_china@aliyun.com) |
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Abstract To the Editor:
Despite of the rapid increase of donation after cardiac death (DCD) in China, the shortage of organs continues to be a major problem. Every organ procured is so valuable that it should never be discarded easily, especially a liver that could save a patient’s life in an emergency. This leads to the use of grafts from donors with unrecognized and unusual diseases, including schistosomiasis.[1] Here, we reported a case of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) from a donor with Schistosoma japonicum to a patient with end-stage cirrhosis due to HBV infection.
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2017, Vol. 16 
