Multi-Visceral Transplantation in a 21-Year-Old Man with Prior Pancreatoblastoma.
Int J Organ Transplant Med
; 7(3): 193-196, 2016.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-27721967
ABSTRACT
Organ transplantation in patients with prior malignancy increases the risk of tumor recurrence post-transplantation due to immunosuppression. Only two cases of liver transplantation have so far been reported in children with hepatic metastases from pancreatoblastoma, a rare malignant neoplasm originating from the epithelial exocrine cells of the pancreas. Herein, we describe a case of a successful multi-visceral transplant in a man with intestinal failure after surgical resection of pancreatoblastoma.
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MEDLINE
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En
Journal:
Int J Organ Transplant Med
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States