Multiple Tuberculomas in a Transplanted Liver Mimicking Metastases of Unknown Origin

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Angeramo Agustín Antinucci Florencia Lucas McCormack Ramallo Darío Rodriguez Catán Julieta

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Lucas McCormack
Liver Surgery and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Alemán of Buenos Aires, Argentina

A B S T R A C T

Liver transplant recipients are immunocompromised patients, and are often susceptible to bacterial, fungal and virus infections. We report the case of liver-only tuberculomas occurring eleven years following a deceased donor liver transplantation, that was initially interpreted as metastases of unknown origin. Interestingly, only a few such cases have been reported, usually within the first two years after transplantation, often when more aggressive immunosuppression is required. Although it is accepted that tuberculosis incidence among solid organ transplant recipients is higher when compared with the general population, its late onset after transplantation is very unusual.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Wed 06, May 2020
Accepted: Mon 18, May 2020
Published: Wed 27, May 2020

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© 2023 Lucas McCormack. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSCR.2020.03.01