[A Case of Liver Metastasis Complete Resection for Concurrent Overlapping Cancer of the Transverse Colon and Renal Cell Carcinomas that were Difficult to Differentiate from Hepatocellular Carcinoma]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2022 Dec;49(13):1811-1813.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 79-year-old man visited the hospital because of constipation. Colonoscopy showed a transverse colon carcinoma. Dynamic CT showed a renal neoplastic lesion and 2 lesions in the liver with early staining and late wash out, and the liver lesions showed ring enhancement on EOB-MRI. The preoperative diagnosis was either transverse colon cancer, renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, or metastatic liver cancer. The patient underwent partial transverse colon resection, partial right nephrectomy, and partial hepatic resection. Additional to the 2 liver lesions in S6, an intraoperative ultrasound showed 1 tumor in S5; therefore, 3 partial hepatectomies were performed. Histopathological findings revealed that the tumors in S5 and S6 were liver metastases of transverse colon cancer and renal cell carcinoma, respectively. The final diagnosis was transverse colon cancer, pT4a, pN0, pM1, pStage Ⅳa and papillary renal cell carcinoma, pT1a, pN0, pM1, pStage Ⅳ. For 9 months postoperatively, there was no apparent recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / surgery
  • Colon, Transverse* / surgery
  • Colonic Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms* / secondary
  • Male