[A case report of the local treatment against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in consideration of the prospective living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2004 Oct;31(11):1900-2.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Various local cancer treatments became possible in the cure of hepatocellular carcinoma. Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEIT), a local ablation therapy such as microwave and radiofrequency were added to the transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and hepatectomy. However, it is also a well-known fact to repeat hepatic carcinogenesis by the conditions of a background liver whereas to originate in the viral hepatitis. In this point of view, liver transplantation is one of the ultimate treatments to get rid of the carcinogenic factor. A 54-year-old man patient diagnosed as HCC strongly hoped for the prospective liver transplantation surgery from the beginning. Therefore, we had to treat a liver cancer in consideration of the prospective liver transplantation. A local ablation therapy and TACE treatment were carried out with being careful not to have an influence to the transplantation surgery. Because recurrence was repeated, a patient chose a transplantation medical treatment after one year and nine months. We reported the process of local treatments against HCC in consideration of the prospective liver transplantations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged