Perioperative Presentation of COVID-19 Disease in a Liver Transplant Recipient

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)

Qin, Juanjuan; Wang, Haitao; Qin, Xuan; Zhang, Peng; Zhu, Lihua; Cai, Jingjing; Yuan, Yufeng; Li, Hongliang.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly contagious. It may rapidly progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and result in multiorgan dysfunction or death in some cases.((1,2)) Here, we report the case of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent liver transplantation and experienced COVID-19 infection during the perioperative period. This case may help clinicians by alerting them to potential COVID-19 infection in transplant recipients during the outbreak.

Keywords

Clinical aspects, diagnosis, treatment