Ex vivo liver resection followed by autotransplantation in radical resection of gastric cancer liver metastases: A case report

paythelady.612 shared this article with you from Inoreader <em>Ex vivo</em> liver resection followed by autotransplantation in radical resection of gastric cancer liver metastases: A case report Μέσω pubmed: "world j clin cases"... World J Clin Cases. 2021 Jun 16;9(17):4221-4229. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i17.4221. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Radical resection of gastric cancer liver metastases (GCLM) can increase the 5-year survival rate of GCLM patients. However, patients may lose the theoretical feasibility of surgery due to the critical location of liver metastasis in some cases. CASE SUMMARY: A 29-year-old woman had a chief complaint of chronic abdominal pain for 1 year. Abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations suggested a mass of unknown pathological nature located between the first and second hila and the margin of the lower segment of the right lobe of the liver. The anterior wall of the gastric antrum was unevenly thickened. The diagnosis of (gastric antrum) intramucosal well-differentiated adenocarcinoma was histopathologically confirmed by puncture biopsy with gastroscopy guidance. She underwent radical resection (excision o f both gastric tumors and ex vivo liver resection followed by autotransplantation simultaneously) followed by XELOX adjuvant chemotherapy. Without serious postoperative complications, the patient was successfully discharged on the 20th day after the operation. Pathological examination of the excised specimen indicated that gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for primary gastric tumors and R0 resection for liver metastases were achieved. The resected mass was confirmed to be poorly differentiated gastric carcinoma (hepatoid adenocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation) with liver metastases in segments VIII. No recurrence or metastasis within the liver was found during a 7.5-year follow-up review that began 1 mo after surgery. CONCLUSION: Application of ex vivo liver resection followed by autotransplantation in radical resection for GCLM can help selected patients with intrahepatic metastases located in complex sites obtain a favorable clini cal outcome. PMID:34141784 | PMC:PMC8173424 | DOI:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i17.4221 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.