Journals / Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology / 2000 / Cilt: 11 - Sayı: 4

Karaciğer transplantasyonundan sonra masif gastrointestinal sistem kanamasına yol açmış dissemine tüberküloz olgusu

Disseminated tuberculosis with massive gastrointestinal bleeding after liver transplantation

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334–337
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This is the first report of disseminated tuberculosis with massive gastrointestinal bleeding after orthotopic liver transplantation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Tuberculosis is a serious opportunistic infection in transplant recipients.
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Key Findings & Data:We report the case of a 41 year-old woman with disseminated tuberculosis that caused massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding following orthotopic liver transplantation.
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Conclusion & Impact:This is the first report of disseminated tuberculosis with massive gastrointestinal bleeding after orthotopic liver transplantation.
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📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Mycobacterium tuberculosis · Fırsatçı enfeksiyonlar · Ameliyat sonrası komplikasyonlar

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a serious opportunistic infection in transplant recipients. We report the case of a 41 year-old woman with disseminated tuberculosis that caused massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding following orthotopic liver transplantation. The patient presented with fever of unknown origin and without any clinical signs 13 months after orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver biopsy performed for increasing alanine aminotransferase and bilirubin levels showed a granuloma, following which Mycobacterium (M) tuberculosis was determined in sputum. In the first week of antituberculous treatment, massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding occured. Angiography showed extravasation from the proximal and mid jejunum as the source of bleeding. The patient underwent surgery to control the bleeding and segmentel resection of the jejunum was performed. M. tuberculosis was also determined in the histopathologic specimens of jejunum, liver and mesenteric lymph nodes and culture of the specimens. Although bleeding stopped after surgery, the patient died from septicemia and multi-organ failure due to disseminated tuberculosis after three weeks of therapy. This is the first report of disseminated tuberculosis with massive gastrointestinal bleeding after orthotopic liver transplantation.

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Tüberküloz organ trasplantasyonlarından sonra alıcılarda karşılaşılabilen ciddi bir fırsatçı enfeksiyondur. Ortotopik karaciğer transplantasyonundan sonra masif alt gastrointestinal sistem kanamasına yol açmış 41 yaşındaki dissemine tüberkülozlu hastamızı sunacağız. Olgu karaciğer transplantasyonundan 13 ay sonra başka bir semptom olmaksızın nedeni belirsiz ateş yakınması ile başvurdu. Serum bilirubin ve alanin transaminaz seviyelerindeki yükseklik nedeni ile yapılan karaciğer biyopsisinde granülom saptandı. Granülom nedeni araştırılırken balgamda Mycobacterium (M) tuberculosis saptandı. Antitüberküloz tedavi başlandıktan sonra birinci haftada masif alt gastrointestinal sistem kanaması gelişti. Anjiografide kanamanın kaynağı olarak proksimal ve orta jejunumdan damar dışına kaçış gösterildi. Kanamanın kontrol altına alınabilmesi için cerrahi girişim ve bu sırada segmental jejunal rezeksiyon yapıldı. M. Tuberculosis, operasyon sırasında elde edilen jejunum rezeksiyon materyalinde, karaciğer biyopsisi ve mezenterik lenf nodlarında direkt olarak ve ayrıca yapılan kültürlerde de saptandı. Operasyondan sonra kanama durdu ancak olgu septisemi ve dissemine tüberküloza bağlı multi-organ yetmezliği ile tedavinin 3. haftasında kaybedildi. Olgumuz ortotopik karaciğer transplantasyonundan sonra dissemine tüberküloza bağlı masif gastrointestinal sistem kanaması oluşmuş olan ilk sunumdur.

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GÜNŞAR, F., TOKAT, Y., BARBET, F. Y., KARASU, Z., ALKANAT, M., MEMİŞ, A., ÇAVUŞOĞLU, C. (2000). Karaciğer transplantasyonundan sonra masif gastrointestinal sistem kanamasına yol açmış dissemine tüberküloz olgusu. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, Cilt: 11 - Sayı: 4, 334–337. https://ajindex.com/articles/411268

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