Endoscopic radiofrequency ablation combined with fully covered self-expandable metal stent for inoperable periampullary carcinoma in a liver transplant patient: A case report

RATIONALE: Postliver transplant periampullary carcinoma is an extremely uncommon disease. PATIENT CONCERNS: Cutaneous jaundice in a patient who had received a liver transplant 4 years earlier. DIAGNOSIS: Periampullary carcinoma. INTERVENTIONS: Radiofrequency ablation plus fully covered self-expanding metal stents (FCSEMS). OUTCOMES: The treatment of malignant neoplasm of the ampulla of Vater is the patient by radiofrequency ablation plus FCSEMS placement was successful. No complications occurred. LESSONS: This is the first reported case of a liver transplant patient with inoperable periampullary carcinoma successfully treated by radiofrequency ablation plus FCSEMS placement. Our experience will be useful to other surgeons in managing similar patients in the future.