A Case Report of Liver Metastasis from Rectal Carcinoma with Long Survival by Repeated Hepatectomies

Yoshiro Fujii, Itaru Endo, Kuniya Tanaka, Katsumi Go, Shinji Togo and Hiroshi Shimada

Second Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine

A 56-year-old woman underwent a low-anterior resection of the rectum and partial hepatectomy for rectal carcinoma with liver metastasis. Remnant liver recurrence occurred three times during the 6 years after initial surgery. Hepatectomies were performed for each liver recurrence. At present, she has only the subsegment V and caudate lobe of the liver remaining, but is still alive and disease free. This is a rare case demonstrating that long survival can be obtained by repeated hepatectomies.

Key words
liver metastasis, colorectal carcinoma, repeated hepatic resection

Reprint requests
Yoshiro Fujii Second Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine 3-8 Fukuura, Kanazawaku, Yokohama, 236-0004 JAPAN

Accepted
May 25, 1999

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