Case report: A rare case of intragastric metastasis after liver transplantation for liver cancer
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 13-year-old boy was admitted to Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University due to HBV-related liver cancer. Intrahepatic metastasis was considered to occur by CT scan. A gastroscope revealed esophagogastric variceal bleeding, and later, the patient underwent a successful liver transplantation. Fourteen months posttransplant, chest CT indicated lung metastasis, and the patient underwent thoracoscopic radical resection of lung cancer. Twenty-one months posttransplant, gastroscopy revealed a gastric fundus tumor growing into the gastric cavity. Proximal gastrectomy was performed, and pathology indicated moderately to poorly differentiated carcinoma without invasion of serosa, suggesting the first study to report HCC metastasis to the stomach lumen without invasion of serosa after LT. Currently, the alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level of the patient has dropped below normal.
Source: Frontiers in Oncology
Authors: Youfeng Xue, Baojie Shi, Jianfa Zhong, Guimei Wang, Jie Wang, Wenbin An, Yunyun Qian, Zhaojie Su, Zhihai Peng, Hao Li
Institution: Xiamen University
Language: English
Subfield: Hepatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,295
Award: G2045824751
OpenAlex ID: W4405124328