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Multi-Visceral Transplantation in a 21-Year-Old Man with Prior Pancreatoblastoma

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 origin...

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Autores principales: Girlanda, R., Pozzi, A., Matsumoto, C. S., Fishbein, T. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27721967
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Sumario: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.