Liver Transplantation for Non-hepatocellular Carcinoma Malignancy: A Single-Center Experience.

Background: Liver transplantation has become an effective treatment for selected patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with excellent outcomes. More recent reports have described improved outcomes in liver transplantation in a subset of patients with other malignancies like hilar cholangiocarcinoma, unresectable hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and hepatic metastasis from neuroendocrine tumors. However, hepatic angiosarcoma remains an absolute contraindication to liver transplantation because of the poor outcome.

Prevalence of hepatitis delta virus among hemodialysis and renal transplant patients.

Introduction: Hepatitis B virus infection is an important cause of liver disease in hemodialysis patients and renal transplant recipients. Hepatitis Delta virus is a defective virus transmitted by the same route of hepatitis B virus, which requires the helper function of hepatitis B virus. Data about hepatitis B virus/hepatitis delta virus coinfection are scarce and there are no studies regarding the coinfection among hemodialysis patients and renal transplant in our country.

Central retinal vein prethrombosis as an initial manifestation of protein S deficiency.

Context: Retinal vein thrombosis is most common in old people, and is often associated with systemic vascular disease. One of its rare systemic causes is protein S deficiency.

Case Report: A case of a 21-year-old woman with retinal vein prethrombosis associated only with protein S deficiency is described.