Chest-wall metastasis in a patient who underwent liver transplantation due to hepatocellular carcinoma.
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.
Onen
Ahmet
A
9 Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir, Turkey.
Sanli
Aydin
A
Karacam
Volkan
V
Karapolat
Sami
S
Gokcen
Banu
B
Acikel
Unal
U
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