Ex vivo hepatic venography for hepatocellular carcinoma in livers explanted for liver transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is supposed to have a venous drainage system to a portal vein, which makes intrahepatic metastasis possible. However, the mechanism of extrahepatic recurrence, including the possibility of a direct route to the systemic circulation from the HCC nodules, remains unclear. Therefore, we performed retrograde hepatic venography for HCC in livers that had been explanted for liver transplantation in order to explore the possible direct connection between the hepatic vein and HCC nodules.

Methods

Of 105 living-donor liver transplantations (LDLT) performed up to July, 2009 at the Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Hospital, dynamic hepatic venography was performed with contrast media under fluoroscopy for the most recent 13 cases with

SUBMITTER: Miyazaki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3204254 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature