title: Liver metastasis from colorectal cancer 12 years after liver transplantation.
abstract: Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for many liver diseases, with a 5-year survival of about 70 %. However, development of de novo malignancies in these immunocompromised patients is becoming a frequent complication medium term. The annual risk of developing a malignant tumor after a solid organ transplant is 2% . We report the case of a liver transplant patient who developed colorectal neoplasia at 12 years after transplantation , and then a metachronous metastases in the liver transplanted.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: María Trinidad
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Villegas Herrera
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becerra Massare
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muffak Granero
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome