[A case of resectable solitary liver metastasis from breast cancer].
We report a case of resectable solitary liver metastasis from breast cancer. A 53-year-old woman underwent a pectoral muscle-preserving mastectomy for T1 N0M0 (Stage I) left breast cancer in May 2000. Histopathologic diagnosis was medullary carcinoma. Thereafter, the patient was followed up with adjuvant chemotherapy. A solitary tumor in the right lobe of the liver at S6 was found 10 months after mastectomy by ultrasonography. With a diagnosis of liver metastasis from breast cancer, right hepatectomy was performed in May 2001. At present, she remains disease free for 4 years after hepatectomy. We think that a surgical procedure for liver metastasis from breast cancer, if possible, is beneficial in prolonged survival.
Tanaka
Hidenori
H
Third Dept of Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine.
Sumiyama
Yoshinobu
Y
Watanabe
Manabu
M
Asai
Kouji
K
Enomoto
Toshiyuki
T
Osawa
Akihiro
A
Kanai
Ryota
R
Matsukiyo
Hiroshi
H
Nagao
Jiro
J
Kusachi
Shinya
S
Saida
Yoshihisa
Y
Okamoto
Yasushi
Y
Takahashi
Kei
K
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged