ABSTRACT
Hong Kong Med J 2000;6:116-8 | Number 1, March 2000
CASE REPORT
Polycystic disease: a rare indication for combined liver and kidney transplantation
AKK Chui, D Koorey, OP Pathania, ARN Rao, GW McCaughan, AGR Sheil
Australian National Liver Transplantation Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia
We report on a 52-year-old woman who presented with polycystic disease. Both of her kidneys had been removed and she had undergone one failed kidney transplantation. She had severe symptoms from the polycystic liver. The diseased liver and kidney were both treated successfully by performing a combined liver and kidney transplantation.
Key words: Cysts/surgery; Kidney, polycystic; Kidney transplantation; Liver diseases; Liver transplantation
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