[Manifestation of liver metastasis 13 years after gastrectomy for gastric GIST].
A 58-year-old Japanese man underwent partial gastrectomy in 1991 for a tumor showing extra-gastric growth measuring 18 x 16.5 x 8.8 cm in size. An immunohistochemical study yielded a diagnosis of gastric GIST with few mitoses. In 2004, abdominal CT showed a solitary liver metastasis without extrahepatic recurrence and right hepatic lobectomy was performed. No adjuvant treatment has been done and he is alive without recurrence 1 year after the hepatectomy. Long term follow-up of more than 10 years is required after resection of primary tumors if they are diagnosed as high risk GISTs with few mitoses.
Kikuchi
Hirotoshi
H
Second Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
Yamamoto
Masayoshi
M
Hiramatsu
Yoshihiro
Y
Baba
Megumi
M
Ohta
Manabu
M
Kamiya
Kinji
K
Tanaka
Tatsuo
T
Suzuki
Shohachi
S
Sugimura
Haruhiko
H
Konno
Hiroyuki
H
D005743:Gastrectomy; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors