Liver metastasis from colorectal cancer 12 years after liver transplantation

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2017 Mar;109(3):236. doi: 10.17235/reed.2017.4507/2016.

Abstract

Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for many liver diseases, with a 5-year survival of about 70 %. However, development of de novo malignancies in these immunocompromised patients is becoming a frequent complication medium term. The annual risk of developing a malignant tumor after a solid organ transplant is 2% . We report the case of a liver transplant patient who developed colorectal neoplasia at 12 years after transplantation , and then a metachronous metastases in the liver transplanted.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Adult
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppression Therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome