Chest-wall metastasis in a patient who underwent liver transplantation due to hepatocellular carcinoma

Heart Lung Circ. 2008 Apr;17(2):156-8. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.10.023. Epub 2007 Apr 18.

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a common malignancy. It may cause extrahepatic metastases through haematogenous or lymphatic dissemination or direct invasion. Furthermore, methods such as fine-needle aspiration biopsies performed to obtain a diagnosis or percutaneous ethanol injection and radiofrequency hyperthermia performed for treatment may also cause tumour dissemination. We present a 52-year-old male patient whose isolated right chest wall metastasis developed after liver transplantation due to hepatocellular carcinoma. We performed chest wall reconstruction after the mass was removed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography