Long-term survival in a patient with repeated resections for lung metastasis after hepatectomy for ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Tumor rupture and pulmonary metastasis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are both associated with poor prognosis and treatment strategies are controversial. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a 50-year-old man with survival of over 90 months after undergoing an extended right lo...

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Autores principales: Shih, Kai-Lun, Chen, Yang-Yuan, Teng, Tsung-Han, Soon, Maw-Soan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18588711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-222
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Tumor rupture and pulmonary metastasis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are both associated with poor prognosis and treatment strategies are controversial. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a 50-year-old man with survival of over 90 months after undergoing an extended right lobectomy for a ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma and then repeated resections for pulmonary metastasis during the followup period. CONCLUSION: This case report shows that surgical resection can be an effective treatment for patients with both ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma and pulmonary recurrences.

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