Liver transplantation for metastatic hemangiopericytoma associated with hypoglycemia

We report a ease of successful liver transplantation in a young man with me tastatic hemangiopericytoma confined to the liver. He had a primary retrope ritoneal hemangiopericytoma removed in 1982 and was diagnosed as having liv er metastases 8 years later. Subsequently, he developed hypoglycemia, which did not respond to chemotherapy. Hepatectomy and transplantation resolved his hypoglycemic attacks. Re remained well and symptom free for 4 years. Li ver transplantation can provide effective palliation and should be consider ed in carefully selected patients with localized metastatic cancer.