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A 56-year-old male consulted us because of a palpable mass and pain of the left flank 8 and a half years after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma of the left lobe about 3 cm in diameter. Ultrasound examination of the abdomen demonstrated a tumor about 10 cm in diameter showing a mosaic of hyperechoic and hypoechoic areas on the upper pole of the left kidney. By angiography, the tumor was found to be supplied mainly by the inferior adrenal artery. PIVKA-II was increased. Adrenal metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma was suspected, and adrenalectomy was carried out. No intrahepatic metastasis was noted. The tumor was histopathologically identified as a pseudo-glandular type of moderately differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma with a trabecular pattern similar to the primary lesion. In this patient, a resectable giant metastasis was observed only in the left adrenal gland and no intrahepatic metastasis was demonstrated 8 and a half years after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient has survived 10 years after the first operation. This case is considered to be important for evaluation of the treatment for distant metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Kuromatsu, R., Hirai, K., Majima, Y. et al. A patient with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent resection of the primary lesion 10 years ago and resection of a giant adrenal metastasis 8 and a half years later. Gastroenterol Jpn 28, 312–316 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02779236
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