Extended survival by urgent liver retransplantation after using a first graft with metastasis from initially unrecognized donor sarcoma.

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2005

Abstract

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.

Volume

5

Issue

6

First Page

1559

Last Page

1561

ISSN

1600-6135

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

15888069

Department(s)

Department of Surgery

Document Type

Article

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