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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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. |
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