Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival
We present the case of a 54-year-old gentleman who presented with abdominal distension and a CT scan of his abdomen revealed a large (25 cm) left hepatic lobe tumor. He received chemotherapy for over 1.5 years. The CT scans at the completion of this therapy revealed that the tumor had actually sligh...
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| description | We present the case of a 54-year-old gentleman who presented with abdominal distension and a CT scan of his abdomen revealed a large (25 cm) left hepatic lobe tumor. He received chemotherapy for over 1.5 years. The CT scans at the completion of this therapy revealed that the tumor had actually slightly grown in size. He underwent orthotopic liver transplantation without any major complications. The explant histopathology revealed an undifferentiated embryonal cell sarcoma (UECS) composed of relatively bland spindled cells arranged in short fascicles. It is now 10 years and 3 months since his last transplant and the patient remains well with no tumor recurrence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-358508e4eb9a4bc5b8363bf9c545ce662025-02-03T01:10:15ZengWileyCase Reports in Hepatology2090-65872090-65952012-01-01201210.1155/2012/519741519741Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term SurvivalRenumathy Dhanasekaran0Alan Hemming1Elaine Salazar2Roniel Cabrera3Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USADepartment of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USADivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USAWe present the case of a 54-year-old gentleman who presented with abdominal distension and a CT scan of his abdomen revealed a large (25 cm) left hepatic lobe tumor. He received chemotherapy for over 1.5 years. The CT scans at the completion of this therapy revealed that the tumor had actually slightly grown in size. He underwent orthotopic liver transplantation without any major complications. The explant histopathology revealed an undifferentiated embryonal cell sarcoma (UECS) composed of relatively bland spindled cells arranged in short fascicles. It is now 10 years and 3 months since his last transplant and the patient remains well with no tumor recurrence.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/519741 |
| spellingShingle | Renumathy Dhanasekaran Alan Hemming Elaine Salazar Roniel Cabrera Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival Case Reports in Hepatology |
| title | Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival |
| title_full | Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival |
| title_fullStr | Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival |
| title_short | Rare Case of Adult Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma of the Liver Treated with Liver Transplantation: Excellent Long-Term Survival |
| title_sort | rare case of adult undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver treated with liver transplantation excellent long term survival |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/519741 |
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