TY - JOUR
T1 - A long-term survival case of hepatocellular carcinoma with lymph node metastasis on the posterior surface of the pancreas head and portal vein tumor thrombus successfully treated with hepatopancreatoduodenectomy and adjuvant interferon-α and 5-fluorouracil combination therapy
AU - Tomimaru, Yoshito
AU - Kobayashi, Shogo
AU - Nagano, Hiroaki
AU - Murakami, Masahiro
AU - Wada, Hiroshi
AU - Marubashi, Shigeru
AU - Eguchi, Hidetoshi
AU - Takeda, Yutaka
AU - Tanemura, Masahiro
AU - Umeshita, Koji
AU - Wakasa, Kenichi
AU - Doki, Yuichiro
AU - Mori, Masaki
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - A 72-year-old man, who had undergone partial hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), was admitted to our hospital for treatment of HCC recurrence. At laparotomy, intrahepatic metastasis on S6/1 with lymph node metastasis on the posterior surface of the pancreas head, suggesting direct invasion to pancreas, and portal vein tumor thrombus were identified. Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy and removal of the tumor thrombus was performed. Microscopic examination confirmed intrahepatic metastasis from HCC with portal vein tumor thrombus and lymph node metastasis. After the surgery, adjuvant interferon-a and 5-fluorouracil combination therapy was administered. Forty-one months after the surgery, solitary intrahepatic recurrence was identified, and radiofrequency ablation therapy was performed. Sixty-six months after the surgery, he remains in good condition without recurrence. This case suggests that some patients with HCC involving lymph node metastasis and portal vein tumor thrombus can gain a long-term survival by multifocal, treatment including curative surgery, even if the surgical procedure is highly stressful, and adjuvant interferon-a and 5-fluorouracil combination therapy.
AB - A 72-year-old man, who had undergone partial hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), was admitted to our hospital for treatment of HCC recurrence. At laparotomy, intrahepatic metastasis on S6/1 with lymph node metastasis on the posterior surface of the pancreas head, suggesting direct invasion to pancreas, and portal vein tumor thrombus were identified. Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy and removal of the tumor thrombus was performed. Microscopic examination confirmed intrahepatic metastasis from HCC with portal vein tumor thrombus and lymph node metastasis. After the surgery, adjuvant interferon-a and 5-fluorouracil combination therapy was administered. Forty-one months after the surgery, solitary intrahepatic recurrence was identified, and radiofrequency ablation therapy was performed. Sixty-six months after the surgery, he remains in good condition without recurrence. This case suggests that some patients with HCC involving lymph node metastasis and portal vein tumor thrombus can gain a long-term survival by multifocal, treatment including curative surgery, even if the surgical procedure is highly stressful, and adjuvant interferon-a and 5-fluorouracil combination therapy.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 20037432
AN - SCOPUS:84864576342
VL - 36
SP - 2389
EP - 2391
JO - Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy
JF - Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy
SN - 0385-0684
IS - 12
ER -