Malignant hepatic tumor occurring 10 yrs after a histocompatible sibling donor bone marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia

Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Dec;11(8):945-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00802.x.

Abstract

A 13-yr-old boy developed post-transplant liver tumor. At three yrs of age, this patient underwent a histocompatible sibling donor BMT for severe aplastic anemia, after a conditioning with antithymocyte globulin and cyclophosphamide. He became a HBV carrier after BMT. Stable mixed chimerism and mild thrombocytopenia, but no active hepatitis continued. At age 13, abdominal pain was a sign of massive tumor. Extremely high levels of alpha-fetoprotein indicated the clinical diagnosis of hepatoblastoma that might be the first report as post-BMT malignancy. The necropsy specimens revealed that the tumor was recipient cell-origin and showed the histopathological features of both hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Prolonged mixed chimerism and hepatitis virus infection might induce a rare oncogenesis after non-irradiated conditioning.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Aplastic / surgery*
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / methods*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatoblastoma / diagnosis
  • Hepatoblastoma / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Living Donors*
  • Male
  • Siblings*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed