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Case Reports
. 2024 Jan 15;7(1):133-135.
doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2023-0081. Epub 2023 Dec 11.

Successful Cardiac, Lung, and Kidney Transplantation from a Methanol-poisoned Donor

Takashi Hongo  1 , Tetsuya Yumoto  1 , Yoshinori Kosaki  1 , Tomohiro Hiraoka  1 , Kohei Tsukahara  1 , Tsuyoshi Nojima  1 , Takafumi Obara  1 , Kohei Ageta  1 , Yukie Yamasaki  2 , Kaori Taniguchi  2 , Masanobu Miura  2   3 , Satoru Miyaishi  2 , Hiromichi Naito  1 , Atsunori Nakao  1
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Successful Cardiac, Lung, and Kidney Transplantation from a Methanol-poisoned Donor

Takashi Hongo et al. JMA J. .

Abstract

Massive methanol exposure can lead to severe and detrimental effects that can result in death or brain death. As organs from patients with brain death after methanol ingestion are less likely to be recovered, these patients have been considered marginal donors. We present a case of successful multiple organ transplantation (heart, lungs, and kidneys) from a methanol-poisoned patient. Our experience illustrates that donor death from methanol intoxication does not preclude organ transplantation.

Keywords: brain death; donor; methanol; transplantation.

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Figure 1.
Patient’s clinical course. AG, Anion Gap; CHDF, continuous hemodiafiltration; cEEG, continuous electroencephalogram.
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