title: Liver transplantation for recurrent hepatic adenoma.
abstract: Hepatic adenoma (HA) is a rare indication for liver transplantation (LTx). So far 20 cases of LTx for HA are reported in PubMed. In rare cases HA presents as multiple hepatic adenomas or recurrent adenoma after initial liver resection and in such cases LTx is the only potential cure and prevents the risk of bleeding or cancer transformation into hepatocellular carcinoma. We report the case of a 56 years old lady who underwent a left hepatectomy for giant adenoma in 2005 and resection of segment V-VI for recurrence of liver adenoma in 2007. She developed a second recurrence of HA with 3 new lesions in the right liver in 2008. The patient underwent LTx. After 3 years the patient is alive with no evidence of disease. LTx is indicated in patients with HA in which resection is not technically feasible.
authors.affiliation: Giovanni Vennarecci, Roberto Santoro, Cecilia Ceribelli, Andrea Laurenzi, Enrico Moroni, Mirco Burocchi, Pasquale Lepiane, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, Division of Liver Transplantation, San Camillo Hospital, 00151 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vennarecci
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonini
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ceribelli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laurenzi
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moroni
authors.forename: Mirco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burocchi
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lepiane
authors.forename: Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ettorre
keywords: Immunosuppression; Liver adenoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Recurrent disease
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