Schwartz ME, Roayaie S, Konstadoulakis MM, Gomatos IP, Miller CM. The Mount Sinai experience with orthotopic liver transplantation for benign tumors: brief report and literature review: case reports.
Transplant Proc 2008;
40:1759-62. [PMID:
18589189 DOI:
10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.02.076]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2007] [Accepted: 02/26/2008] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is performed for benign hepatic lesions that are symptomatic, too large to be resected, have a malignant transformation potential, cause debilitating/life-threatening manifestations, or in patients experiencing posthepatectomy acute liver failure. Among benign tumors, polycystic liver disease (PLD) is the most common indication for OLT alone, or combined liver-kidney transplantation. Our 10-year experience with OLT for benign tumors includes two patients with PLD and one with a benign giant fibrous tumor. In this report, we present our experience with OLT for benign liver tumors, commenting on relevant published studies.
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