Solitary metastasis from cutaneous melanoma to the liver: resection by extended left hepatectomy (trisegmentectomy) with clearance of tumor from the portal vein

HPB Surg. 1994;8(1):53-6. doi: 10.1155/1994/29169.

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman presented with low grade fever and an epigastric mass eight years following resection of a stage Clark IV infraclavicular cutaneous melanoma followed by axillary node dissection. Investigations revealed a tumor in segment II, III, IV and V of the liver and a thrombus involving the main portal vein. Liver resection with extended left hepatectomy (left trisegmentectomy) and portal vein thrombectomy is reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Constriction
  • Female
  • Hepatectomy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Melanoma / complications
  • Melanoma / secondary
  • Melanoma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Portal Vein / surgery*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thrombectomy / methods*
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Thrombosis / surgery*