Early Gastric Cancer Associated with Synchronous Liver Metastasis

KIKUO KOUFUJI; JINRYO YAKEDA; KEN HASHIMOTO; TAKAHO TANAKA; TERUO KAKEGAWA

doi:10.2739/kurumemedj.38.271

KIKUO KOUFUJI, JINRYO YAKEDA, KEN HASHIMOTO, TAKAHO TANAKA, TERUO KAKEGAWA

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Keywords: early gastric cancer, synchronous liver metastasis, cardiatotal gastrectomy, partial liver resection, intra-arterial infusion

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1991 Volume 38 Issue 4 Pages 271-274

DOI https://doi.org/10.2739/kurumemedj.38.271

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Abstract

During the 14 years from 1976 to 1989, 1442 gastric cancers were resected in the Department of Surgery at Kurume University. 546 (37.9%) were primary early gastric cancers. One (0.2%) of these was associated with a synchronous liver metastasis. In the advanced gastric cancers, the rate of synchronous liver metastasis was 12.8%. However, synchronous liver metastasis with an early gastric cancer is quite rate. Only 19 cases have been reported in the Japanese literature. A case involving an early cancer, 10 mm in diameter, that was associated with liver metastasis is reported.

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