Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Intramuscular recurrence in a Hepatocellular carcinoma patient with indolent disease course | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Intramuscular recurrence in a Hepatocellular carcinoma patient with indolent disease course Thomas Yau1 Hilda Wong1 Pierre Chan1 MC To3 and Ronnie T Poon 2 Address University Department of Medicine Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2University Department of Surgery Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong Hong Kong and 3University Department of Pathology Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Email Thomas Yau - the@ Hilda Wong - h9904815@ Pierre Chan - chanpierre@ MC To - tomingchun@ Ronnie T Poon - poontp@ Corresponding author Published 23 April 2008 Received 26 February 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 42 doi 1477-7819-6-42 Accepted 23 April 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 42 2008 Yau et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background Hepatocellular carcinoma HCC is a common malignancy worldwide and treatment options are depended on the stage of the tumour. In general the prognosis of HCC patients with extra-hepatic metastasis is poor. The most common sites of extra-hepatic metastasis are the lung abdominal lymph nodes and bone. Case presentation Here we reported a 54-year-old man with an indolent clinical course of HCC. He had multiple extra-hepatic recurrences after initial hepatectomy for HCC and was benefited from repeated resections with prolonged survival. Eventually he developed intramuscular recurrence in the thigh which was initially mistaken as deep vein thrombosis. Conclusion Selected patients with .
