Screening of gastric cancer in liver transplantation patients: a case report and review of literature
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2010; 26 (3): 733-735
in English
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ABSTRACT
Liver and other solid organ transplant recipients are at an increased risk of developing several malignancies because of the immuno-suppressive treatment. Generally, patients who had a liver transplant have upper gastrointestinal tract complaints, which makes identification of gastric carcinoma symptoms in those patients difficult. A 58 years old liver transplant male patient presented to the hospital for his routine checkup and dyspeptic complaints. He had received a liver from a cadaver 18 months ago and his postoperative period had been uneventful. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy [EGD] revealed gastric cancer. A subtotal gastric resection with a D2 lymph node dissection was carried out. There was no recurrence during three years follow up. In order to make a timely identification of the occurrence of common malignancies such as gastric cancer, liver transplant recipients must be followed closely
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Immunosuppression Therapy
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Liver Transplantation
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Early Detection of Cancer
Type of study:
Case report
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Pak. J. Med. Sci.
Year:
2010
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