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Successful adult domino living donor liver transplantation in methylmalonic acidemia: case report.

Chorley AJ, Terkivatan T, de Jonge J, Polak WG, Tran KTC, Unkhoff C, den Hoed CM, Wagenmakers MAEM, Ijzermans JNM, Minnee RC, Boehnert MU

Translational gastroenterology and hepatology, 2024

Abstract

Liver transplantation (LT) is a therapeutic option in multiple inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs), including methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), as LT reduces the risk of acute metabolic decompensations and long-term complications associated with these diseases. In certain IMDs, such as maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), domino liver transplant (DLT) is an accepted and safe method which expands the donor pool. However, only one adult case of DLT using an MMA donor liver has been reported; outcome and safety are still unknown and questioned.

doi: 10.21037/tgh-23-55