Acute Liver Failure in a Patient Treated With Metamizole

• Main Authors: Philipp Krisai (Author), Deborah Rudin (Author), David Grünig (Author), Kathrin Scherer (Author), Werner Pichler (Author), Luigi Terracciano (Author), Stephan Krähenbühl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report on a patient who developed acute liver failure while being treated with metamizole. After liver transplantation, the patient recovered rapidly. Liver biopsy showed massive necrosis and lobular infiltration of lymphocytes. A lymphocyte transformation test performed 20 months after transplan...