We report successful pancreas and renal transplantations from a brain-dead victim of cyanide poisoning. A 41-year-old diabetic man with pre-end-stage renal failure received the pancreas and the right kidney. The left kidney was implanted in a 27-yr-old woman with chronic renal failure. Postoperative evolution was not complicated. At 6 months, grafts function remains excellent. The management of cyanide poisoning, especially in the setting of organ donation, is discussed.
Hantson, Philippe ; Squifflet, Jean-Paul ; Vekemans, MC. ; Evrard, Patrick ; Hassoun, A. ; et. al. Successful Pancreas and Renal Transplantations From a Donor Who Died of Cyanide Poisoning. In: Clinical Transplantation, Vol. 5, no. 6, p. 419-421 (1991)
