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Liver Transplantation After Prolonged Nab-Sirolimus Therapy for Unresectable Hepatic Perivascular Epithelioid Cell
Andrew John Cruz1, Dylan Russell2, Phillip M Cheng3
1Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Primary hepatic perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) is rare, and management of unresectable disease is not established. A 47-year-old woman had an 8-cm central hepatic PEComa bridging both lobes with tuberous sclerosis complex 2 alterations. She received albumin-bound sirolimus for 26 months with modest size reduction but durable stability, enabling listing with a nonstandard model for end-stage liver disease exception. She underwent right trisegment orthotopic liver transplantation, and the explant showed a well-circumscribed PEComa without vascular invasion or additional lesions. This case highlights prolonged nab-sirolimus as a bridge to transplantation in selected patients with favorable tumor biology.

