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Matsumoto C, Imai K, Nakao Y, Itoyama R, Yusa T, Nakagawa S, Okabe H, Nitta H, Yamashita YI, Chikamoto A, Yatsuda J, Kamba T, Asato T, Mikami Y, Baba H. Renal metastasis from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Int Cancer Conf J 2020; 9:66-71. [PMID: 32257756 DOI: 10.1007/s13691-019-00398-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Metastases to the kidney are extremely rare and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is difficult to treat. In this study, we report a case of renal metastasis from ICC. A 72-year-old man who had been followed-up for chronic hepatitis C was diagnosed with ICC in the segment 8 and underwent S8 segmentectomy in 2014. During follow-up, the serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 were slightly elevated, and abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a low-density mass preceded by rim enhancement in the arterial phase measuring 1.5 × 1.5 cm in the segment 6, and a hypovascular mass measuring 2.2 × 2.0 cm in the upper pole of the left kidney in 2017. He underwent partial hepatectomy and partial nephrectomy. Based on postoperative histological findings combined with immunohistochemical analysis, the tumors both in the liver and kidney were diagnosed as recurrent ICC.
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- Chihiro Matsumoto
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan
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Wang L, Wang J, Zhang X, Li J, Wei X, Cheng J, Ling Q, Xie H, Zhou L, Xu X, Zheng S. Diagnostic Value of Preoperative Needle Biopsy for Tumor Grading Assessment in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144216. [PMID: 26658912 PMCID: PMC4682812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Needle core biopsy (NCB) is one of the most widely used and accepted methods for the diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions. Although many studies have assessed the diagnostic accuracy of NCB in predicting the tumor grade, it is still under debate. Objective To identify the influence of number of biopsies on NCB diagnostic accuracy. Methods 153 patients with HCC were selected from patients who received preoperative NCB under the guidance of ultrasonography in our hospital. The diagnostic reference standard was the surgical pathologic diagnosis. Results Using a 3-tier grading scheme (well, moderate and poor), the accuracy of NCB has no significant differences among different number of passes in HCC ≤5cm. For HCC >5≤8cm, the increasing number of passes could increase the diagnostic accuracy (63.3%, 81.8%, and 84.8% for passes one, two, and three, respectively). While in HCC>8cm, the diagnostic accuracy of passes one, two, and three were 62.1%, 69%, and 75.8%, respectively. Conclusions The accuracy of NCB in assessing tumor grading associated with tumor size and number of passes. Meanwhile, a minimum of two passes should be performed to get better accuracy in patients with HCC >5cm.
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- Lijun Wang
- Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Collaborative innovation center for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Collaborative innovation center for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Collaborative innovation center for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- * E-mail: (SZ); (XX)
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Collaborative innovation center for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- * E-mail: (SZ); (XX)
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Klopfleisch R, Sperling C, Kershaw O, Gruber AD. Does the taking of biopsies affect the metastatic potential of tumours? A systematic review of reports on veterinary and human cases and animal models. Vet J 2011; 190:e31-e42. [PMID: 21723757 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Revised: 04/08/2011] [Accepted: 04/09/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Clinicians and pathologists are sporadically asked by owners whether the taking of tumour biopsies may affect the behaviour of the tumour, including its potential to metastasise. Unfortunately, systematic studies on this subject are unavailable in veterinary medicine, and the aim of this study was to estimate the risk of adverse effects of biopsy taking on tumour progression in animals. A systematic review of veterinary and human case reports and clinical studies as well as experimental animal models of biopsy-induced tumour metastasis was undertaken. There were only two veterinary case reports of needle tract metastases (NTM) following the taking of needle biopsies from urogenital and pulmonary tumours. Seventeen experimental studies found a high incidence of NTM but only a rat osteosarcoma and a hamster squamous carcinoma model showed an increased incidence of distant or regional metastases after incision or excision biopsy. In human medicine, the occurrence of NTM has been reported after the taking of biopsies from mesotheliomas (15%), melanomas (11%) and gall bladder tumours (11%), liver metastases of colon carcinomas (4%) and mammary carcinomas (4%) but an incidence of only <1% for all other tumours. Circulating tumour cells increased immediately after the taking of biopsies from human squamous cell, prostate, breast and hepatocellular carcinomas. Although no increased risk of biopsy-induced distant metastasis has been reported for any type of tumour, this is inconclusive due to a lack of non-biopsied control groups in human studies. Reports of biopsy-induced metastasis in animal tumours indicate that the taking of transcutaneous biopsies from urogenital tumours may be associated with a risk of NTM. However, there is no evidence of a general increase in risk of distant metastases in any tumour type in people or animals. The overall risk therefore appears to be negligible when compared to the valuable information obtained from biopsies in veterinary practice.
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- R Klopfleisch
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 15, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 15, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 15, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 15, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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Okada T, Sasaki F, Kurauchi N, Kubota M, Itoh T, Honda S, Naito S, Todo S. Laparoscopic liver biopsy using cup-shaped punch biopsy forceps and argon beam coagulator in children. Pediatr Surg Int 2007; 23:947-51. [PMID: 17657501 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1976-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Needle liver biopsy is insufficient for measuring enzyme activity in liver tissue in child cases of intrahepatic cholestasis because the biopsy specimen obtained is too small. This study was undertaken to validate the feasibility of a new, relatively non-invasive laparoscopic liver biopsy technique combining the use of laparoscopic cup-shaped punch biopsy forceps (CPBF) and an argon beam coagulator (ABC) handpiece for the diagnosis and examination of liver enzyme activity in cases of intrahepatic cholestasis in children. The authors performed laparoscopic liver biopsy with the combined use of laparoscopic CPBF and an ABC handpiece in 10 children aged 4 months to 9 years old. Two 5-mm trocars were inserted in each patient after their abdomens had been filled with carbon dioxide gas at a pressure of 8 mmHg. Four to five specimens (each: 0.5 cm(3) in size) were taken at the anterior edge of the left lobe of the liver using laparoscopic CPBF. ABC was sprayed on to the cut liver surface to achieve hemostasis. The duration of the laparoscopic procedure ranged from 25 to 64 (44 +/- 12.8) min. The maximum intraoperative hemorrhage from the biopsied liver bed was 30 ml. The bleeding was easily controlled using ABC for about 1 min. There were no cases of postoperative bleeding, bile leakage from the cut surface, nor intraabdominal infection. There were also no death cases, and only one complication (hydrocele testis) was recorded. Examination by microscopy and assays of enzyme activities were performed using these biopsy specimens, which were sufficient for diagnosis in all patients. Laparoscopic liver biopsy combining the use of laparoscopic CPBF and an ABC handpiece can be performed safely, is less invasive, and provides sufficient samples for examination both by microscopy and enzyme activity assays.
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- Tadao Okada
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan.
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Bialecki ES, Ezenekwe AM, Brunt EM, Collins BT, Ponder TB, Bieneman BK, Di Bisceglie AM. Comparison of liver biopsy and noninvasive methods for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 4:361-8. [PMID: 16527701 DOI: 10.1016/s1542-3565(05)00977-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Current management guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) do not require biopsy to prove the diagnosis. We evaluated our experience of patients with liver disease and hepatic lesions suspicious for HCC who underwent both fine-needle aspiration and core biopsy and correlated the results with those from commonly used noninvasive approaches. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of a series of patients undergoing biopsy because of a suspicion of HCC and compared sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of biopsy with existing noninvasive methods for diagnosing HCC. RESULTS HCC was diagnosed by biopsy in 74 (63%) of 118 cases, and an additional 10 were found to have HCC on follow-up. Patients with positive biopsy results had significantly higher serum alpha-fetoprotein levels (median, 57 vs 12; P = .014) than those with negative biopsies, although these 2 groups were otherwise similar with regard to tests of liver function, lesion size on imaging, and Child-Pugh class. No patient developed evidence of tumor spread along the needle track after biopsy. We compared the diagnosis of HCC by biopsy with noninvasive diagnostic criteria advocated by the European Association for the Study of the Liver and those used by the United Network for Organ Sharing. Compared with criteria of the European Association for the Study of the Liver and the United Network for Organ Sharing, biopsy had greater sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value. CONCLUSIONS We recommend a greater role for image-guided biopsy of lesions greater than 1 cm clinically suspicious for HCC to allow adequate treatment planning because the risks of biopsy appear small and the potential benefits significant. Obtaining material for both cytologic and histologic examination at biopsy maximizes the diagnostic yield.
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- Eldad S Bialecki
- Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri, USA
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Saborido BP, Díaz JCM, de Los Galanes SJ, Segurola CL, de Usera MA, Garrido MD, Elola-Olaso AM, Sánz RG, Romero CJ, Garcia García I, González EM. Does preoperative fine needle aspiration-biopsy produce tumor recurrence in patients following liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma? Transplant Proc 2006; 37:3874-7. [PMID: 16386569 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Liver transplantation (OLT) has been advocated for patients with carcinoma hepatocellular (HCC). A preoperative biopsy (fine needle aspiration biopsy) [FNA] facilitates preoperative diagnosis of adverse pathological factors: vascular invasion or histologicalic differentiation. But a biopsy may cause abdominal dissemination and be related to a higher incidence of recurrence. PATIENTS AND METHODS From April 1986 to December 2003, we performed 95 OLT for HCC. We divided them in two groups: group A without FNA-biopsy (67.9%) and group B with FNA-biopsy (32.1%). RESULTS We obtained the diagnosis of HCC in only 15 patients (57.6%). In two patients an OLT was avoided due to the presence of abdominal dissemination at the time of transplant. Recurrence incidence was higher among group B patients (5.9% vs 31.8%; P = .003) due to extrahepatic recurrence (2% vs 27.3%; P = .003). No differences were observed in morbidity or mortality. The two groups were homogeneous in epidemiological and pathological variables except: sex distribution, Child status, AFP level, tumor size, and pTNM stage. If we compare recurrence rates in the two groups attending to these nonhomogeneous variables, it was significantly higher among patients with tumors larger than 3 cm, pTNM I-III stage, Child B-C, AFP >200 ng/mL, and males or females. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative liver biopsy is associated with a larger incidence of tumor recurrence, so we believe that it is not necessary prior to an OLT for HCC.
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- B Pérez Saborido
- General, Digestive and Abdominal Organs Transplantation Surgical Department, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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Tarantino L, Francica G, Esposito F, Pisaniello D, Parmeggiani D, Marzullo G, Sordelli IMF, Sperlongano P. Seeding from hepatocellular carcinoma after percutaneous ablation: color Doppler ultrasound findings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 31:69-77. [PMID: 16333710 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0064-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2004] [Accepted: 03/16/2005] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND We describe the clinical and color Doppler ultrasound findings in a series of cases of seeding from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) observed in patients treated with percutaneous ablation therapy (PAT) over a 15-year period. METHODS We reviewed the clinical and imaging records of 12 patients with cirrhosis (nine men and three women, age range 51-82 years, mean age 63 years) that showed neoplastic seeding from HCC occurring after one or more PAT procedures. Five of 12 cases of seeding were observed as a complication of 1080 PAT procedures (0.46%) performed in 545 patients (0.96%) by two of the authors (L.T., G.F.) over a long period (15 years) at different institutions. The other seven patients had been treated with PAT procedures at other institutions and had come to our attention during post-treatment follow-up. RESULTS The 12 patients who had seeding nodules had undergone the following PAT procedures: multisession conventional percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) without anesthesia (four patients), single-session PEI with general anesthesia (three patients), single-session PEI with general anesthesia plus multisession conventional PEI (four patients), and single-session PEI plus radiofrequency ablation (one patient). Seeding nodules ranged from 0.9 to 6.0 cm (mean 1.7 cm). Eleven of 12 seeding nodules appeared as hypervascular hypoechoic nodules with smooth and regular margins and multiple intralesional vascular signals. CONCLUSIONS Clinical and imaging findings of seeding from HCC should be recognized by physicians who perform follow-up ultrasound examinations of patients who are treated with PAT. Early diagnosis of seeding can be reliably made by scanning the abdominal wall with small probes in the area where the previous PAT has been performed. Hypoechoic hypervascular pattern of the seeding nodule allows definitive diagnosis.
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- L Tarantino
- Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Department Of Medicine, S. Giovanni Di Dio Hospital Aslna 3, Via Mario Vergara Padre, 187, 80027 Frattamaggiore, Naples, Italy.
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Metastasis involves several distinct steps, including one in which the tumor cell, after entry into the bloodstream, comes to rest in a capillary located at the distant site where a metastatic tumor will ultimately form. Components of the blood-clotting pathway may contribute to metastasis by trapping cells in capillaries or by facilitating adherence of cells to capillary walls. Conceivably, anticoagulants could interfere with this step in the metastatic process. In this review, we have summarized current knowledge on the interaction of malignant cells, clotting factors, and anticoagulants. We used computerized (MEDLINE) and manual searches to identify studies done in humans, in animals, and in in vitro systems that were published in English between 1952 and 1998. We found many reports that the formation of metastatic tumors could be inhibited by heparin, a vitamin K antagonist (warfarin), and inhibitors of platelet aggregation (prostacyclin and dipyridamole). Despite these encouraging preliminary results and a compelling biochemical rationale, only limited information exists on the clinical use of anticoagulants for the prevention or treatment of metastatic cancer because there have been so few controlled and prospectively randomized studies on this topic. In view of the preliminary results, anticoagulants may hold promise for the prevention and treatment of metastases. We believe that larger controlled investigations are strongly warranted to evaluate the clinical potential of anticoagulants for the prevention and treatment of metastases in humans.
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- M Hejna
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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