Resection of metachronous hepatocellular carcinomas.
We have described the rare case of a woman with no recognized predisposing factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in whom a second hepatic neoplasm was successfully resected nine years after a presumed "curative" partial hepatectomy. The importance of long-term measurements of available tumor markers as well as aggressive surgical management is emphasized.
D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
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