title: Partial hepatectomy for metastatic carcinoma.
abstract: Three years after colonic resection for a rectal carcinoma, the patient evinced some weight loss and alkaline phosphatase elevation. Detailed workup revealed what appeared to be a solitary, well-defined metastatic lesion of the right hepatic lobe. Since the patient could be considered a good candidate for surgery, and given the grim prognosis of alternative approaches, hepatic lobectomy was carried out, as described here.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis