Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Akimasa Fukui

Publications

• Case Report
  Long Survival in a Rare Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma that Metastasized to the Ovary: A Case Report
  Author(s): Akimasa Fukui, Kimio Ushijima, Shin Nishio, Keizo Fujiyoshi, Masayoshi Kage and Toshiharu KamuraAkimasa Fukui, Kimio Ushijima, Shin Nishio, Keizo Fujiyoshi, Masayoshi Kage and Toshiharu Kamura
  
  Hepatocellular carcinoma usually metastasizes to the lung, bone, adrenal glands, diaphragm and lymph nodes. In this study, we present a case of hepatocellular carcinoma that metastasized to the ovary. To the best of our knowledge, there are very few reports of such cases published in English and none in which the patient survived more over 7 years. A 72-year-old postmenopausal Japanese woman had been diagnosed with type C chronic hepatitis. Screening ultrasonography revealed a low echoic small nodular lesion located on S6 of the liver. Tiny hepatocellular carcinoma was diagnosed by needle biopsy and the patient was treated with percutaneous ethanol injection therapy. Two years later, she underwent a work-up because of an elevation in serum alpha-fetoprotein level, and whole body Computed Tomography scan revealed a large solid pelvic mass. At laparotomy, a large right ovarian tumor was.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000249

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