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Liver Donation After Brain Death Following Intentional Ingestion of 99% E-Cigarette Liquid Nicotine 10 mL

Authors :
Jin Hong Min
Hong Joon Ahn
Yeonho You
Junwan Lee
Wonjoon Jeong
Seung Whan Kim
Seung Ryu
Insool Yoo
Sang Min Jung
Sung Uk Cho
Yongchul Cho
Se Kwang Oh
Jin Woong Lee
Jung Soo Park
Source :
Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. 18:120-122
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Baskent University, 2020.

Abstract

Incidences of brain death due to nicotine overdose by e-cigarettes have been increasing. In such cases, liver donation has been not reported because of the secondary damage to the liver due to metabolism of large amounts of nicotine. However, kidneys have been considered acceptable for transplant. Here, we present a successful case of liver transplant from a brain-dead donor due to intentional nicotine ingestion who did not have extensive steatosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such a case.

Details

ISSN :
21468427 and 13040855
Volume :
18
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Experimental and Clinical Transplantation
Accession number :
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