Adams J, Lodge J P, Parker D
Professional Medical Oncology Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Transplantation. 1999 Feb 15;67(3):488-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199902150-00027.
We report a case of successful liver transplantation in a young man with metastatic hemangiopericytoma confined to the liver. He had a primary retroperitoneal hemangiopericytoma removed in 1982 and was diagnosed as having liver metastases 8 years later. Subsequently, he developed hypoglycemia, which did not respond to chemotherapy. Hepatectomy and transplantation resolved his hypoglycemic attacks. He remained well and symptom free for 4 years. Liver transplantation can provide effective palliation and should be considered in carefully selected patients with localized metastatic cancer.
