Oral Cavity Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma following Liver Transplantation | Zendy

Nicolás Goldaracena | Zendy; Mariela Barreto | Zendy; Gabriel Casas | Zendy; Margarita Anders | Zendy; Ricardo Mastaï | Zendy; Lucas McCormack | Zendy

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Oral Cavity Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma following Liver Transplantation

Author(s) -

Nicolás Goldaracena,

Mariela Barreto,

Gabriel Casas,

Margarita Anders,

Ricardo Mastaï,

Lucas McCormack

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6943

pISSN - 2090-6951

DOI - 10.1155/2012/181242

Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , milan criteria , medicine , liver transplantation , metastasis , transplantation , distant metastasis , carcinoma , surgery , gastroenterology , cancer

Liver transplantation (LT) remains the only cure for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in many cases. Over many years, most centers have applied the Milan criteria for selecting cirrhotic patients with HCC for LT. In a new era where several transplant groups are pushing the limits of transplanting HCC outside Milan criteria as an aggressive approach with promising results, we present interesting images of a patient that presented a unique and rare site of HCC metastasis after 36 months of liver transplantation.

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