Resection of liver metastasis from extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma previously treated by pancreatoduodenectomy

Hepatogastroenterology. 2004 Jan-Feb;51(55):245-6.

Abstract

No English report of a 5-year survivor with liver metastasis from periampullary carcinoma has been published to date. Here, we report a 52-year-old woman with liver metastasis previously treated with pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy for extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma, who underwent hepatectomy and has survived for more than 5 years without recurrence after the procedure. This outcome suggests that hepatic resection is effective for selected patients with liver metastasis from extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma previously treated by pancreatoduodenectomy. When a patient has a solitary metastasis of the liver with no other evidence of recurrence, surgical resection of the liver metastasis should be considered a valid option.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Pancreas / pathology
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed