Chest Wall Implantation Metastasis Caused by Percutaneous Interventional Procedure Appearing 12 Years After Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

S López Ortega; R González Grande; I Santaella Leiva; J De la Cruz Lombardo; M Jiménez Pérez

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.11.038

Chest Wall Implantation Metastasis Caused by Percutaneous Interventional Procedure Appearing 12 Years After Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

Transplant Proc. 2020 Mar;52(2):587-588. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.11.038. Epub 2020 Feb 7.

Authors

S López Ortega¹, R González Grande², I Santaella Leiva², J De la Cruz Lombardo², M Jiménez Pérez²

Affiliations

¹ UGC Aparato Digestivo, Liver Unit, Regional University Hospital, Malaga, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
² UGC Aparato Digestivo, Liver Unit, Regional University Hospital, Malaga, Spain.

PMID: 32037069
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.11.038

Abstract

Percutaneous treatments (mainly radiofrequency ablation and ethanol injection) are modes of treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. Seeding of malignant cells along the percutaneous tract is a very rare complication. We present a case of chest wall metastasis caused by radiofrequency ablation appearing years after liver transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
Catheter Ablation / adverse effects*
Catheter Ablation / methods
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / pathology
Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
Liver Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Seeding*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Thoracic Wall