1988 Volume 30 Issue 6 Pages 1278-1282_1
We experienced 2 cases of superficial and small liver cancer which were hard to detect. Although a superficial and small mass suggestive of liver cancer was found with ultrasonography in the liver, it was not detected with other diagnostic imaging methods. Biopsy of the mass was performed with a hemostatic material (GTXIII) for biopsy under laparoscopy and a superficial and small liver cancer was detected, which could be resected surgically. A male patient, aged 75 years, had a hepatoma, 1.4×1.3 cm in size, in the right anterior inferior segment and has survived about 4 years after biopsy and removal of the mass without recurrence. Other patient, a male aged 53, had a 1.6×1.6 cm hepatoma in the left lateral segment and has survived without recurrence for about 10 months after biopsy and removal of the mass. Bleeding hardly occurred during biopsy, and metastasis and dissemination were not seen clinically, so that GTXIII was considered to be useful material.
