title: [Isolated resection of the caudate lobe in metastasis of colorectal cancer].
abstract: The presence of metastatic lesions confined to the caudate lobe (CL or segment I) is quite a rare event. Even more rare is the decision to perform an isolate CL resection. Segmental resection in the liver is justified by the evidence that primary and secondary lesions, in early stage, are confined to the originating segment, and therefore a segmentectomy can be considered for the CL as well. Anatomy of the CL was deeply studied through the years since the surgical approach to this liver segment requires a detailed knowledge of its surgical anatomy and only after 1985 the surgical technique for CL isolate resection was established. We report our experience with 1 case of isolate colo-rectal metastasis confined to the caudate lobe and describe the surgical technique employed.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgia Digestiva e Trapianti, Istituto Regina Elena, IFO, Roma.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lonardo
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ettorre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vennarecci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carboni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Graziano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Annibale
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lepiane
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santoro
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged