[A case of metastatic liver cell carcinoma in the abdominal wall due to direct skin invasion from protruding liver tumor].
A case of a hepatocellular carcinoma with a metastasis to abdominal wall is reported. The patient was a 52-year-old man who, in December, 1982, had been found to have a 16 x 13 cm of tumor in the right lobe of the liver. He received transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) several times and a hepatic segmentectomy twice. He survived more than six years until his death on January, 17, 1989. A subcutaneous tumor that had appeared in May, 1988 had gradually increased in size and was found to have reached 6 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm on autopsy. The tumor had connected directly with the liver tumor.
Saito
I
I
Div. of Gastroenterology, Kawasaki Medical School.
Yamamoto
S
S
Ideguchi
S
S
Takatori
K
K
Wada
A
A
Yamamoto
R
R
Ohmoto
K
K
Ohimi
T
T
Hino
K
K
Hirano
Y
Y
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional / Q000009:adverse effects; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*
D000431:Ethanol