LIVER-CELL ADENOMA AT THE AGE OF 3 YEARS AND TRANSPLANTATION 19 YEARSLATER AFTER DEVELOPMENT OF CARCINOMA - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
JANES CH MCGILL DB LUDWIG J KROM RAF
Citation
Ch. Janes et al., LIVER-CELL ADENOMA AT THE AGE OF 3 YEARS AND TRANSPLANTATION 19 YEARSLATER AFTER DEVELOPMENT OF CARCINOMA - A CASE-REPORT, Hepatology, 17(4), 1993, pp. 583-585
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02709139
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
583 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
0270-9139(1993)17:4<583:LAATAO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A 3-yr-old child underwent biopsy of a nonresectable liver cell adenom a. She was well thereafter, but at the age of 22 yr, she underwent ort hotopic liver transplantation because the lesion had grown. The alpha- fetoprotein level was 4,300. The specimen showed poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma in a noncirrhotic liver. At this writing, th e patient is well 32 mo after transplantation.