Korean J Med.
2012 May;82(5):603-608.
Localized Uterine Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 4 Years after Curative Resection
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea. sheenj@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
- 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
- 4Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
- 5Department of Pathology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
Abstract
- Extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be found in various organs, but metastasis to the female genital tract is extremely rare. A 48-year-old woman who had undergone curative left lobectomy for small HCC 4 years earlier was admitted because of sequential alpha-fetoprotein elevation. Upon abdominal MRI and hepatic angiography, no evidence of HCC recurrence was found in the remnant liver. However, a positron emission tomography CT scan showed a hypermetabolic lesion in the uterine fundus, which was revealed as metastatic HCC after total hysterectomy. This is, to our knowledge, the first documented case of metastatic uterine tumor that originated from HCC without intrahepatic recurrence.
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