[Chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis caused by C virus before and after liver transplantation. Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2004 Apr;132(4):479-84. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872004000400010.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a girl with a chronic hepatitis caused by C virus diagnosed at the age of nine, unsuccessfully treated with interferon and ribavirine. Two years later, she was subjected to a liver transplantation. She maintained elevated viral loads with a normal pathological study of the liver until 22 months after transplantation. She was treated again with combined antiviral therapy, for 6 months, without response and experienced a progressive deterioration liver function, dying three years after transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / pathology
  • Humans
  • Interferons / therapeutic use
  • Liver Cirrhosis / drug therapy
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / virology*
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Ribavirin / therapeutic use
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Ribavirin
  • Interferons