title: Surgically resected isolated hepatic metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinic, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu-Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kook-Joo
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Yun-Hyeon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Ja
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Hee-Seung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bom
authors.forename: Chol-Kyoon
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hyun-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yu-Il
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Soo-Ock
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In-Jae
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Sang-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Chan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Young-Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: 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