[A Case of Resected Peritoneal Metastasis from Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Surgery]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2020 Dec;47(13):1893-1895.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 69-year-old woman with a hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)was followed-up for type B chronic hepatitis and underwent partial hepatectomy(S6)at our hospital. Afterwards, she underwent radiofrequency ablation(RFA)therapy twice because of intrahepatic recurrence. Seven months after the first hepatectomy, a left adrenalectomy was performed for a left adrenal metastasis. Seventeen months after the first hepatectomy, a splenectomy was performed for a splenic metastasis. Forty-three months after the first hepatectomy, a second hepatectomy was performed for intrahepatic recurrence, and a right adrenalectomy was performed for an adrenal metastasis. Sixty-eight months after the first hepatectomy, an abdominal CT revealed a growing solitary lesion in the ascending colon, which was diagnosed as a peritoneal metastasis. The peritoneal dissemination was removed because there were no other extrahepatic or intrahepatic recurrences. Histologically, the resected specimen was diagnosed as a peritoneal metastasis from a HCC. The patient survived, and there were no recurrences for 6 months after the operation. We report this case of a peritoneal metastasis from a HCC after surgery with a review of the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / surgery
  • Female
  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms* / surgery