Carcinoma of the colon with synchronous hepatic metastasis in a cirrhotic liver harboring a hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatogastroenterology. 1999 Jul-Aug;46(28):2355-7.

Abstract

Tumor metastasis to a cirrhotic liver is rare. It has been suggested that colorectal cancer does not metastasize to the cirrhotic liver. We reported a 65 year-old man, a known carrier of hepatitis B surface antigen, diagnosed to have hepatocellular carcinoma with routine screening. A partial hepatectomy with resection of segments VI and VII was performed. The hepatectomy specimen revealed a 4.5 cm diameter HCC in a cirrhotic liver. Incidentally, 0.8 cm diameter ulcer at the descending colon. Histological examination of the left hemicolectomy specimen showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carrier State
  • Colonic Neoplasms / complications
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Hepatitis B / complications
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary*