Author information

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: Matthew.T.Newman@kp.org.

²Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; Department of Transplant Hepatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

³Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Abstract

Late recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) is infrequently reported, and among cases, those isolated to the spine are rare. Prognoses are poor for this patient population, and no work has been undertaken to create uniform guidelines for management. Here, we report two cases of late recurrent HCC to the spine after OLT and favorable survival outcomes following intervention.