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Liver Transplantation because of Acute Liver Failure due to Heme Arginate Overdose in a Patient with Acute Intermittent Porphyria.

Abstract
In acute attacks of acute intermittent porphyria, the mainstay of treatment is glucose and heme arginate administration. We present the case of a 58-year-old patient with acute liver failure requiring urgent liver transplantation after erroneous 6-fold overdose of heme arginate during an acute attack. As recommended in the product information, albumin and charcoal were administered and hemodiafiltration was started, which could not prevent acute liver failure, requiring super-urgent liver transplantation after 6 days. The explanted liver showed no preexisting liver cirrhosis, but signs of subacute liver injury and starting regeneration. The patient recovered within a short time. A literature review revealed four poorly documented cases of potential hepatic and/or renal toxicity of hematin or heme arginate. This is the first published case report of acute liver failure requiring super-urgent liver transplantation after accidental heme arginate overdose. The literature and recommendations in case of heme arginate overdose are summarized. Knowledge of a potentially fatal course is important for the management of future cases. If acute liver failure in case of heme arginate overdose is progressive, super-urgent liver transplantation has to be evaluated.
AuthorsPascal Frei, Elisabeth I Minder, Natascia Corti, Beat Muellhaupt, Andreas Geier, Heiner Adams, Jean-Paul Dutertre, Alain Rudiger, Philipp Dutkowski, Marco Maggiorini, Christoph C Ganter
JournalCase reports in gastroenterology (Case Rep Gastroenterol) Vol. 6 Issue 1 Pg. 190-6 (Jan 2012) ISSN: 1662-0631 [Electronic] Switzerland
PMID22649331 (Publication Type: Case Reports)

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