Journal of Liver Cancer

Eun-Kyoung Hong

1 Article

A Resected Case of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Sang-Jae Park, Joong-Won Park, Seong-Hun Kim, Soon-Ae Lee, Young-Hun Kim, Eun-Kyoung Hong, Chang-Min Kim; Journal of the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group. 2004;4(1):33-38. Published online June 30, 2004

Abstract PDF: A 35 year-old male patient admitted due to epigastric pain for 1 month. He was heavy drinker and spider angioma was obserbed in physical examination. HBsAb, anti-HBs Ab and anti-HCV Ab were all negative and AFP level was normal. AST/ALT were elevated to 178 IU/L and 107 IU/L, respectively. At ultrasonography, CT and MRI, a 2 cm, hypervascular mass was detected in the segment Ⅵ. Segmentectomy of the segment Ⅵ was performed. Tumor size 1.7 cm in maximum diameter and the Edmondson and Steiners grade Ⅰ. High-grade dysplasia was present in the periphery of hepatocellular carcinoma (nodule-in-nodule). Microvascular invasion was not observed and background liver was cirrhotic. He was discharged 10 days after operation without any problem and there has been no evidence of recurrence for the 2 years postoperatively.