Hepatic resection for metastatic liver tumor after lung cancer resection in a chronic renal failure patient with long-term survival

Abstract

An 83-year-old man underwent a left upper lobectomy for primary lung cancer (p-Stage IIB) in January 2012. Eleven months later, abdominal computed tomography showed an isolated tumor, 1.5 cm in diameter, in segment 8 of the liver. Partial hepatic resection was performed in December 2012. The tumor was pathologically diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma that had metastasized from the lung cancer. Presently, at 5 years after the hepatic resection, the patient is alive and well without recurrence. Few reports have described the outcomes of hepatectomy for liver metastases from lung cancer. We believe that resecting liver metastases from lung cancer may offer the possibility of long-term survival in cases with a negative surgical margin.