Liver transplant patients have a risk of progression similar to that of sporadic patients with branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms
Lennon AM, Victor D, Zaheer A, Ostovaneh MR, Jeh J, Law JK, Rezaee N, Dal Molin M, Ahn YJ, Wu W, Khashab MA, Girotra M, Ahuja N, Makary MA, Weiss MJ, Hirose K, Goggins M, Hruban RH, Cameron A, Wolfgang CL, Singh VK, Gurakar A. Liver transplant patients have a risk of progression similar to that of sporadic patients with branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Liver Transplantation 2014, 20: 1462-1467. PMID: 25155689, PMCID: PMC4322915, DOI: 10.1002/lt.23983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraductal papillary mucinous neoplasmHigh-risk featuresBranch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasmsLiver transplant patientsRisk of progressionBD-IPMNsPapillary mucinous neoplasmLT patientsLT recipientsTransplant patientsMucinous neoplasmsControl groupManagement of patientsHistory of immunosuppressionHigh-grade dysplasiaControl patientsSurgical resectionBD-IPMNConsecutive patientsExtrahepatic malignanciesMedian lengthMalignant potentialHigh riskPatientsSporadic patients