| Gastric Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated by Transarterial Chemoembolization: A Case Report |
| Ji Hoon Kim , Joong Won Park , Joon Il Choi , Hyun Beom Kim , Dong Wook Koh , Woo Jin Lee , Chang Min Kim |
| Center for Liver Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Extrahepatic metastasis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurs frequently. The most
common site of metastasis is the lung, followed by regional lymph nodes and bones. However, gastrointestinal
metastasis of HCC is a rare condition and solitary polypoid metastatic lesion on stomach without any evidence
of direct invasion from primary mass is very rare. These metastatic lesions are usually asymptomatic, and
most are discovered at postmortem examination or are found incidentally during laparotomy. The choice of
treatment for gastrointestinal metastatic lesion of HCC includes surgery, transarterial chemoembolization, and
local injection but the treatment is often difficult and unsuccessful. We report a case of 69 years old man who
presented disappearance of a polypoid metastatic lesion of HCC on the gastric fundus by transarterial
chemoembolization. (Korean J Hepatol 2007;13:91-95) |
| KeyWords:
Carcinoma, hepatocellular; Neoplasm metastasis; Transarterial chemoembolization; Stomach |
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