- A Case of Management for Early Recurrence after Hepatic Resection for the Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Kyung Woo Park, Young Seok Kim, Sang Gyune Kim, Soung Won Jeong, Jae Young Jang, Hong Soo Kim, Sae Hwan Lee, Boo Sung Kim, Jun Cheol Jeong, Min Hee Lee, Jae Myeong Lee, Hee Kyung Kim
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J Liver Cancer. 2015;15(2):122-125. Published online September 30, 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17998/jlc.15.2.122
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Abstract
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- For a small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver resection shows most favorable outcome in
case which liver transplantation is not available, although it has also substantial recurrence
rate. Here, we report a case of recurred HCC with multiple intrahepatic metastasis at 5 months
after surgical resection for small HCC was done. A 55-year-old man with chronic HBV infection
received subsegmentectomy for HCC less than 2 cm. A follow-up computed tomography (CT)
at 5 months from operation revealed that there were multiple enhancing nodules in entire
remnant liver. Intra-arterial injections of adriamycin mixed lipiodol and gelfoam particles were
instituted through hepatic artery. We assume that poorly differentiated cellular feature would
be attributable to this kind of very early and aggressive recurrence of HCC. (J Liver Cancer
2015;15:122-125)
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