Journal of Liver Cancer

Jin Nam Kim

2 Articles

Hemangioma Diagnosed by Gadoxetate Disodium-Enhanced MRI in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C: Jin Won Mo, Soo Hyung Ryu, Dong Won Park, Won Jae Yoon, Jin Nam Kim, Jeong Seop Moon, Jae-Chan Shim; J Liver Cancer. 2015;15(1):36-40. Published online March 31, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17998/jlc.15.1.36

Abstract PDF: A hemangioma is the most common benign hepatic tumor. Many hepatic hemangioma tend to be found incidentally, but should be differentiated from malignant tumors, especially in patients with a high risk for malignancy. We presented a 52-year-old woman who diagnosed as hepatic hemangioma. The patient was a chronic alcohol abuser and diagnosed as a hepatic C virus carrier for the first time. Contrast enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a 4cm sized hepatic mass involving both segment 5 and 6. Abdominal CT finding suggested hepatic hemangioma, but could not rule out the malignancy. Because the patient had risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma, abdominal ultrasonography (US) was performed for further evaluation. But abdominal US also showed atypical finding. For the confirmative diagnosis, dynamic magnetic resonance imaging using gadoxetate disodium (primovist®, Bayer HealthCare, Berlin, Germany) which is the innovative liver cell-specific contrast medium was done, and the patient was diagnosed as hepatic hemangioma.

A Case of Successful Pulmonary Resection in Patient with Lung Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Ik Yoon, Hyung Joon Yim, Jin Nam Kim, Sun Min Park, Jeong Han Kim, Seung Hwa Lee, Ju-Han Lee, Hwan-Hoon Chung, Hong Sik Lee, Hyung Joo Park, Sang Woo Lee, Jai Hyun Choi; Journal of the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group. 2008;8(1):81-85. Published online June 30, 2008

Abstract PDF: Lung is the most common site of extrahepatic metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Until now, there have been few reports about surgical resection for pulmonary metastasis from HCC, but the role and the indication of surgery for pulmonary metastasis remains unclear. We report a case of advanced HCC with pulmonary metastasis, which was effectively treated by metastasectomy. A 45-year-old male patient who had received TACE (transarterial chemoembolization) 14 times for hepatocellular carcinoma was found to have solitary metastasis in the right hilar area of the lung. Surgical metastasectomy was performed and pulmonary metastatic nodule was successfully removed. Primary tumor in the liver was effectively treated with TACE and follow-up CT (computed tomography) showed no viable tumor in the liver and the lung.