[Aggressive surgical treatment prolonged survival of a patient with synchronous hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava and sigmoid colon cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2007 Nov;34(12):2022-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 71-year-old man was admitted to our institution having a HCC with tumor thrombus extending to the inferior vena cava. He simultaneously had a sigmoid colon cancer. S8 segmentectomy combined with a removal of tumor thrombus in the IVC and sigmoidectomy was performed. He had an uneventful postoperative course. He had a recurrence to the lung 46 months after the surgery, and underwent a pulmonary partial resection. Hepatic recurrence was found in 59 months after the initial surgery. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization was performed for the treatment. The patient died of esophageal variceal rupture 78 months after the surgery. Although this case was a highly advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava and synchronous sigmoid colon cancer, a surgical treatment and multidisciplinary therapy may contribute to a long-term survival.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / blood supply
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatitis C / pathology
  • Hepatitis C / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / blood supply
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Prognosis
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / complications
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / etiology
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / pathology*
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / surgery*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed