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Extended Survival by Urgent Liver Retransplantation after Using a First Graft with Metastasis from Initially Unrecognized Donor Sarcoma
Author(s) -
Ortiz Jorge A.,
Manzarbeitia Cosme,
Noto Khristian A.,
Rothstein Kenneth D.,
Araya Victor A.,
Munoz Santiago J.,
Reich David J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00824.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoma , metastasis , surgery , liver transplantation , polycystic liver disease , lung , transplantation , pathology , cancer
A 58‐year‐old man underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for polycystic liver disease. Shortly after the procedure, it was discovered that the donor harbored a sarcoma of the aortic arch that had metastasized to the spleen, and bilateral renal cell carcinomas. The two sole organ recipients, our liver recipient and a lung recipient at another institution, were both listed for urgent retransplantation, which they received from the same second donor. The liver explant contained metastatic sarcoma. Twenty‐four months survival following lung retransplantation has been previously reported. We report the 76‐month disease‐free survival in the liver recipient.