Laparoscopic Resection of a Hepatocellular Carcinoma Arising from an Ectopic Liver
- Authors
- Seo, U-Hyoung; Lee, Hyun-Joo; Ryu, Woo-Sang; Kwak, Jung-Myun; Shin, Bong-Kyung; Kim, Wan-Bae; Lee, Sun-Il; Park, Sung-Soo; Choi, Jae-Woong; Kim, Seon-Hahn; Choi, Sang-Yong; Mok, Young-Jae
- Issue Date
- 10월-2008
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Keywords
- ectopic liver; hepatocelluar carcinoma; HCC; laparoscopy
- Citation
- SURGICAL LAPAROSCOPY ENDOSCOPY & PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUES, v.18, no.5, pp.508 - 510
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SURGICAL LAPAROSCOPY ENDOSCOPY & PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUES
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 508
- End Page
- 510
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/122614
- DOI
- 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31817e920f
- ISSN
- 1530-4515
- Abstract
- Ectopic livers are rarely seen intra-abdominal lesions. Ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be defined as an HCC arising from hepatic parenchyma located in an extrahepatic organ or tissue. The authors report a case of a primary, well-differentiated HCC arising from ectopic liver tissue in the left subphrenic space at the upper portion of the gastrorenal ligament that was successfully treated by laparoscopic resection. A 59-year-old man was referred to our department for the management of an intra-abdominal mass, which was incidentally found in a follow-up abdominal computed tomography scan for splenic laceration. The preoperative diagnosis suggested that it was a nonspecific stomach mass of maximal diameter 4.5 cm, such as, a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, located between the diaphragm and spleen. A computed tomography scan identified no mass in the liver. Laparoscopic resection was performed, and the final pathologic result confirmed that it was a HCC. The patient's postoperative course was unremarkable. This is the first reported case of a laparoscopically treated ectopic HCC. Moreover, laparoscopic resection was found to be safe and reliable in this case.
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