Fever and Pancytopenia in a Liver Transplant Recipient: Going Against the Rules of Occam's Razor. Issue 7 (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lum, Lionel Hon Wai; Chen, Fei Wen; Jackett, Louise; Strasser, Simone I.; Davis, Rebecca J.
• Is Part Of: Transplantation direct. Volume 3:Issue 7(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Periodicals; Transplantation -- Periodicals; 362.19795
• DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000691
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-8731

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: The syndrome of fever and pancytopenia is not infrequently encountered postliver transplant, and a broad differential list of infectious and noninfectious aetiologies can be invoked. A transplant patient is susceptible to more than 1 opportunistic infection or disease process. We described the diagnostic conundrums in managing our patient who ran a complex protracted course postliver transplant. He was diagnosed to have both disseminated tuberculosis and graft-versus-host disease, a rare complication after solid organ transplantation.