Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2020)
vWFpp/ADAMTS13 ratio is a useful marker of postliver transplantation thrombotic microangiopathy: A pediatric case report
- Lisa Duquenne,
- Samuel Balbeur,
- Emilie Everard,
- Raymond Reding,
- Stéphane Eeckhoudt,
- Bénédicte Brichard,
- Nathalie Godefroid,
- Emilien Derycke,
- Mina Komuta,
- Isabelle Scheers,
- Françoise Smets,
- Etienne Sokal,
- Xavier Stéphenne
Affiliations
- Lisa Duquenne
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Samuel Balbeur
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Emilie Everard
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Raymond Reding
- Division of Paediatric Surgery Department of Surgery Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Stéphane Eeckhoudt
- Laboratory of Haematology Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Bénédicte Brichard
- Division of Paediatric Haematology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Nathalie Godefroid
- Division of Paediatric Nephrology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Emilien Derycke
- Division of Emergency and Intensive Care Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Mina Komuta
- Department of Anatomopathology Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Isabelle Scheers
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Françoise Smets
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Etienne Sokal
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- Xavier Stéphenne
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Paediatrics Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2495
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 41 – 46
Abstract
Abstract vWFpp/ADAMTS13 ratio should be further studied as a useful marker for diagnosis of thrombotic microangiopathy postliver transplantation. Immunosuppressive regimen modification and plasma supplementation can lead to recovery.
Keywords
- pediatric liver transplantation
- sirolimus
- tacrolimus
- thrombotic microangiopathy
- vWFpp/ADAMTS13 ratio
