Journal of Liver Cancer

Sung Eun Rha

2 Articles

Early Intrahepatic Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Metastasis to Lung and Brain after Radiofrequency Ablation: Jin Dong Kim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Si Hyun Bae, Jong Young Choi, Seung Kew Yoon, Young Jun Lee, Sung Eun Rha, Ho Jong Chun, Byung Gil Choi, Hae Giu Lee; Journal of the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group. 2009;9(1):37-40. Published online June 30, 2009

Abstract PDF: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is the preferred method of local ablation for patients with small (<3 cm sized) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) when surgical resection cannot be applied. If RFA procedure is sufficiently completed, it provides lower local tumor recurrence, and longer overall as well as disease-free survival. We experienced a case of early stage HCC which recurred at 2 months after successful RFA procedure, and rapidly metastasized to lung and brain.

Rapid recurrence following living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma within Milan criteria: Hyun Young Woo, Jin Dong Kim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Si Hyun Bae, Jong Young Choi, Seung Kew Yoon, Sung Eun Rha, Jae Young Byun, Ho Jong Chun, Byung Gil Choi, Hae Kyu Lee, Young Kyoung You, Dong Gu Kim; Journal of the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group. 2009;9(1):45-48. Published online June 30, 2009

Abstract PDF: Liver transplantation is curative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma especially if ,within Milan criteria, 4 year survival and recurrence-free survival was reported to be 85% and 92%, respectively. Herein we report a patient who experience rapid recurrence following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma within Milan criteria. A 52 year-old-men patient with known liver cirrhosis associated with hepatitis B virus was admitted for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Abdominal CT revealed two nodules less than 3 cm in right hepatic lobe. After single session of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE), the patient underwent LDLT. After seven months following transplantation, recurrent HCC was detected on transplanted liver with concurrent metastatic nodule in lung. Although TACE and metastsectomy were performed for recurrent intrahepatic mass and lung metastasis, recurrent HCC showed rapid progression and patient died of progressive tumor after 10 months following LDLT.