Liver transplantation for growing teratoma syndrome: Report of a case

Bijan Eghtesad; Wallis J. Marsh; Thomas Cacciarelli; David Geller; Jorge Reyes; Ashok Jain; Paulo Fontes; Michael DeVera; John J. Fung

doi:10.1053/jlts.2003.50238

Liver transplantation for growing teratoma syndrome: Report of a case

Bijan Eghtesad, Wallis J. Marsh, Thomas Cacciarelli, David Geller, Jorge Reyes, Ashok Jain, Paulo Fontes, Michael DeVera, John J. Fung

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Abstract

Liver transplantation is a well-established treatment for liver failure and for a selected group of patients with hepatic tumors. The growing teratoma syndrome refers to the phenomenon whereby germ cell tumors enlarge after chemotherapy despite complete eradication of malignant cells and normalization of serum tumor markers. We present the case of a young patient with rapidly growing teratomatous masses in his liver who was treated with liver transplantation from a live donor. We discuss his postoperative management, follow-up, and briefly review literature on the subject.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1222-1224
Number of pages	3
Journal	Liver Transplantation
Volume	9
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2003.50238
State	Published - Nov 2003

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Surgery
Hepatology
Transplantation

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