title: [Successful surgical treatment for peritoneal dissemination of liver cancer after hepatectomy--a case report].
abstract: A 58-year-old female was admitted to Ogikubo Hospital for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in April 2007. Pathological examination showed moderately differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. Tumor marker increased the PIVKA-II level became 129 mAU/mL after the operation. FDG-PET was showed a solitary pelvic tumor sized about 2.5 cm in diameter. No other prominent metastatic lesions were demonstrated, so that a resection of intrapelvic tumor was performed in May 2008. The report which exhibited an asynchronism recurrence of peritoneal dissemination after hepatectomy is very rare. She has survived without a recurrence more than 13 months after the resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ogikubo Hospital, Keio University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Nobushige
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yabe
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Tomotaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akatsu
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications