Small hepatocellular carcinoma supplied by the right renal capsular artery. A case report.
We present a case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which was fed only by the right renal capsular artery. Ten years earlier, this patient underwent surgery for a solitary HCC in segment IV. However, the hepatic artery was patent and did not participate in feeding the HCC. We consider the renal capsular artery as an essential extrahepatic parasitic feeding artery to HCC.
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
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Baba
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Miyazono
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Inoue
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Kanetsuki
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Nishi
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Nakajo
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Tanabe
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Aikoh
D000792:Angiography; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed