Treatment strategy for lymph node metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma using an ICG navigation system: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since indocyanine green (ICG) accumulates selectively in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, it can be used to detect metastatic lesions. Lymph node metastasis of HCC is rarely observed, both simultaneously and metachronously. Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to identify metachronous lymph nodes during salvage surgery because of prior surgery. Herein, we report a case in which lymph node metastasis of HCC was successfully resected using an ICG navigation system.

Case presentation

The patient was a 62-year-old man who had undergone radical liver resection for HCC 8 years ago. During surveillance, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a mass in the hepatic hilum. Various diagnostic modalities suggested that the patient had a solitary metastatic l

SUBMITTER: Furukawa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10695890 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature