Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report

We report the first case of liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure precipitated by hepatocellular injury due to the synergistic effect of pheochromocytoma crisis and simultaneous use of Garcinia cambogia. Complex diagnosis and treatment decisions are discussed, as well as possible patho...

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Autores principales: Selim, Motaz A, Weierstahl, Krystal, Eriksen, Calvin, Pearson, Terra, Woehlck, Harvey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Anesthesiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10089373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37056550
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36045
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author Selim, Motaz A
Weierstahl, Krystal
Eriksen, Calvin
Pearson, Terra
Woehlck, Harvey
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description We report the first case of liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure precipitated by hepatocellular injury due to the synergistic effect of pheochromocytoma crisis and simultaneous use of Garcinia cambogia. Complex diagnosis and treatment decisions are discussed, as well as possible pathophysiology that led to liver failure.
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spelling pubmed-100893732023-04-12 Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report Selim, Motaz A Weierstahl, Krystal Eriksen, Calvin Pearson, Terra Woehlck, Harvey Cureus Anesthesiology We report the first case of liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure precipitated by hepatocellular injury due to the synergistic effect of pheochromocytoma crisis and simultaneous use of Garcinia cambogia. Complex diagnosis and treatment decisions are discussed, as well as possible pathophysiology that led to liver failure. Cureus 2023-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10089373/ /pubmed/37056550 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36045 Text en Copyright © 2023, Selim et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Anesthesiology
Selim, Motaz A
Weierstahl, Krystal
Eriksen, Calvin
Pearson, Terra
Woehlck, Harvey
Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report
title Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report
title_full Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report
title_fullStr Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report
title_short Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure Precipitated by Pheochromocytoma Crisis in the Setting of Using Garcinia cambogia Weight Loss Supplement: A Case Report
title_sort liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure precipitated by pheochromocytoma crisis in the setting of using garcinia cambogia weight loss supplement: a case report
topic Anesthesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10089373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37056550
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36045
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