Donor origin of a posttransplant liver allograft malignancy identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization for the Y chromosome and DNA genotyping

Transplantation. 1997 Jan 15;63(1):80-4. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199701150-00015.

Abstract

Posttransplantation malignancy in the allograft is a rare complication of orthotopic liver transplantation. In the described case, an abnormal T-tube cholangiogram, performed 6 months after orthotopic liver transplantation between a male donor and a female recipient, prompted needle liver biopsy. A moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma was found. Fluorescence in situ hybridization for the Y chromosome indicated male origin of malignancy. Donor-related disease was confirmed by comparative DNA analysis of genomic sequences from the donor liver, associated tumor, and recipient peripheral blood. Results of these investigations qualified the recipient for a second liver transplant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / etiology*
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence*
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tissue Donors*
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Y Chromosome*