Causes of death after liver transplantation

Right hepatic lobe resection and thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia has previously been reported after right lobe resection for organ donation. The mechanism(s) of low platelets after right hepatectomy is unclear and several hypotheses have been proposed including a dec...

Hepatocellular carcinoma that arose from primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) typically originates from HBV or HCV associated liver cirrhosis. Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a kind of autoimmune disease. A sixty-two year old female patient with mild liver damage...

Thymosin β10 as a predictive biomarker of response to 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy in cholangiocarcinoma

Introduction and aim. 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drug in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Since development of drug resistance to 5-FU in CCA patients is the primary cause...

Lightbulbs of the biliary tree: A radiological finding in Christmas time