TY - JOUR
AR - JSCR-2020-3-101
TI - Multiple Tuberculomas in a Transplanted Liver Mimicking Metastases of Unknown Origin
AU - Angeramo , Agustín
AU - Antinucci , Florencia
AU - Lucas , McCormack
AU - Ramallo , Darío
AU - Rodriguez Catán , Julieta
JO - Surgery Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Wed 27, May 2020
SN - 2733-225X
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JSCR.2020.03.01
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/multiple-tuberculomas-in-a-transplanted-liver-mimicking-metastases-of-unknown-origin_JSCR-2020-3-101 
KW - Liver transplantation, tuberculosis, solid organ transplant, tuberculomas, liver metastases
AB - 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.