An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver Transplant
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy, and liver transplantation is usually curative. HCC recurrences are rare after curative treatment options, although they are prevalent depending on various risk factors. We present a 71-year-old female patient with an unusual...
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| author | Patrick Gidley Anand Patel Guliz A. Barkan Anugayathri Jawahar |
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| description | Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy, and liver transplantation is usually curative. HCC recurrences are rare after curative treatment options, although they are prevalent depending on various risk factors. We present a 71-year-old female patient with an unusual pattern of disease progression following a curative liver transplant with a metastatic presentation in the absence of alpha-fetoprotein elevation after 3 years of disease-free clinical presentation. We present this case to emphasize the importance of intermittent cross-sectional imaging in addition to ultrasound screening in HCC surveillance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7bed25a99ec4177acf387323ab9c80d2023-06-23T23:34:27ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082023-07-01330342042310.1055/s-0043-1767694An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver TransplantPatrick Gidley0Anand Patel1Guliz A. Barkan2Anugayathri Jawahar3Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United StatesLoyola University Chicago- Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United StatesDepartment of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United StatesDepartment of Radiology, Northwestern University- Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy, and liver transplantation is usually curative. HCC recurrences are rare after curative treatment options, although they are prevalent depending on various risk factors. We present a 71-year-old female patient with an unusual pattern of disease progression following a curative liver transplant with a metastatic presentation in the absence of alpha-fetoprotein elevation after 3 years of disease-free clinical presentation. We present this case to emphasize the importance of intermittent cross-sectional imaging in addition to ultrasound screening in HCC surveillance.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1767694hepatocellular carcinomahcc metastasespancreatic metastasesgastric metastasespost-liver transplant metastases |
| spellingShingle | Patrick Gidley Anand Patel Guliz A. Barkan Anugayathri Jawahar An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver Transplant Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging hepatocellular carcinoma hcc metastases pancreatic metastases gastric metastases post-liver transplant metastases |
| title | An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver Transplant |
| title_full | An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver Transplant |
| title_fullStr | An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver Transplant |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver Transplant |
| title_short | An Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Multisite Metastasis following a Curative Liver Transplant |
| title_sort | atypical presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma with multisite metastasis following a curative liver transplant |
| topic | hepatocellular carcinoma hcc metastases pancreatic metastases gastric metastases post-liver transplant metastases |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1767694 |
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