Surgically resected isolated hepatic metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer: a case report.
We treated a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and an isolated hepatic metastasis. He was a 56-year-old male who underwent right pneumonectomy after concurrent chemoradiation therapy (etoposide+cisplatin) with the diagnosis of stage IIIA squamous cell lung carcinoma. Seven months later, an isolated hepatic metastasis was found on a PET-CT scan. Hepatic segmentectomy was performed, and the pathology showed squamous cell carcinoma. Adjuvant chemotherapy with five cycles of gemcitabine and cisplatin was also given. The patient has been followed with PET-CT and CT scanning every 6 months, and there is no evidence of relapse at more than 5 years after the diagnosis of NSCLC. This shows that the surgical resection of an isolated hepatic metastasis may be an option in carefully selected patients with NSCLC without evidence of disease outside the liver.
Kim
Kyu-Sik
KS
Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinic, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, South Korea.
Na
Kook-Joo
KJ
Kim
Yun-Hyeon
YH
Ahn
Sung-Ja
SJ
Bom
Hee-Seung
HS
Cho
Chol-Kyoon
CK
Kim
Hyun-Jong
HJ
Kim
Yu-Il
YI
Lim
Sung-Chul
SC
Kim
Soo-Ock
SO
Oh
In-Jae
IJ
Song
Sang-Yun
SY
Choi
Chan
C
Kim
Young-Chul
YC
D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed