KIMS doctors save woman without liver transplant in rare case

Doctors at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospitals on Monday announced successful treatment of a 26-year-old woman from Hyderabad suffering from a rare and life-threatening liver complication caused by Weber-Christian Disease.

The treatment was taken up without performing a liver transplant, despite international medical criteria indicating an urgent need for transplantation, Dr Sarath Chandra Mouli Veeravalli, Clinical Director, Department of



Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, and Dr K N Chandan Kumar, Director, Hepatology and Transplant Hepatology, said.

Weber-Christian disease is a rare autoimmune disorder characterised by inflammation of the fatty tissues beneath the skin.

The patient was brought to KIMS Hospitals in critical condition, and within days, she developed grade-4 hepatic encephalopathy, a dangerous condition in which severe liver failure affects brain function.