[Management of pulmonary recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after receiving a living-donor liver transplantation--a case report]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Nov;35(12):2086-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report on the treatment experience of five living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) recipients for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with pulmonary metastases. Between March 1998 and December 2007, five patients who underwent LDLT for HCC were identified with a routine follow-up of pulmonary metastases: Two patients underwent a radical resection for pulmonary recurrence of HCC, Two patients were only observed by palliative treatment, and one patient had chemotherapy using S-1/IFN. The survival range from pulmonary recurrence of HCC was 7.5 to 43.0 months and the median survival time was 18.9 months. Only one of the 5 patients who underwent a surgical resection of pulmonary recurrence is still alive without a new recurrence for a long period of time.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Living Donors*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Recurrence