title: Chest-wall metastasis in a patient who underwent liver transplantation due to hepatocellular carcinoma.
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.
authors: 9 Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Onen
authors: Aydin
authors: A
authors: Sanli
authors: Volkan
authors: V
authors: Karacam
authors: Sami
authors: S
authors: Karapolat
authors: Banu
authors: B
authors: Gokcen
authors: Unal
authors: U
authors: Acikel
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography