Repeat hepatic resection for recurrent metastatic melanoma.
We present an unusual case of a recurrent metastatic hepatic melanoma that had undergone a repeat hepatic resection. A 62 year-old female patient was diagnosed with a plantar melanoma and was managed with resection and regional lymphadenectomy. Eight months later, a solitary liver metastasis was diagnosed and a right hepatectomy performed. Sixteen months later, a recurrent solitary metastasis was diagnosed in the caudate lobe and resection was performed. She has since been asymptomatic with no evidence of recurrence of the disease at a 2-year follow up. We recommend surgical removal of hepatic metastatic melanoma in selected cases where the disease is confined to the liver and surgery can be performed without unacceptable risk.
Mondragon-Sanchez
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Department of Surgery, Centro Medico de Toluca, Mexico.
Barrera-Franco
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Cordoba-Gutierrez
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Meneses-Garcia
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D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed