Orthotopic liver transplantation can be performed successfully in thalassemia. In this article, we describe a case of liver transplantation in a patient with sickle cell/beta-thalassemia complicated by liver sickling. Intrahepatic sickling must be considered in case of allograft dysfunction. This condition can easily be diagnosed by biochemical investigation and liver ultrasonography.
Lerut, J., Claeys, N., Laterre, P.-F., Lavenne-Pardonge, E., Ciccarelli, O., Cavallaro, S., Palazzo, U., Renda, D., Rigano, P., & Maggio, A. (1999). Hepatic sickling: an unusual cause of liver allograft dysfunction. Transplantation, 67(1), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-199901150-00010 (Original work published 1999)