Case Reports in Transplantation (Jan 2012)

Oral Cavity Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma following Liver Transplantation

  • Nicolás Goldaracena,
  • Mariela Barreto,
  • Gabriel Casas,
  • Margarita Anders,
  • Ricardo Mastai,
  • Lucas McCormack

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/181242
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Liver transplantation (LT) remains the only cure for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in many cases. Over many years, most centers have applied the Milan criteria for selecting cirrhotic patients with HCC for LT. In a new era where several transplant groups are pushing the limits of transplanting HCC outside Milan criteria as an aggressive approach with promising results, we present interesting images of a patient that presented a unique and rare site of HCC metastasis after 36 months of liver transplantation.