Review Article

Indications and Contraindications for Liver Transplantation

Table 2

Indications for liver transplantation.

Acute liver failure
Hepatitis A, acetaminophen, autoimmune hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C, cryptogenic
Drugs, hepatitis D
Wilson’s disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome
Fatty infiltration—acute fatty liver of pregnancy, Reye’s syndrome

Cirrhosis from chronic liver disease
Chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Alcoholic liver disease
Autoimmune hepatitis
Cryptogenic liver disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Malignant diseases of the liver
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Carcinoid tumor
Islet cell tumor
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
Cholangiocarcinoma

Metabolic liver disease
Wilson’s disease
Hereditary hemochromatosis
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Glycogen storage disease
Cystic fibrosis
Glycogen storage disease I and IV
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
Galactosemia
Type 1 hyperoxaluria
Familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia
Hemophilia A and B

Vascular diseases of the liver
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Veno-occlusive disease

Cholestatic liver diseases
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Secondary biliary cirrhosis
Biliary atresia
Alagille syndrome
Byler’s disease

Miscellaneous
Adult polycystic liver disease
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia
Caroli’s disease
Severe graft-versus-host disease
Amyloidosis
Sarcoidosis
Hepatic trauma