Open AccessRectal metastasis following radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Kuang-Wen Liu,
Hsin-Pao Chen,
Chang-Hsu Yang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
formosan journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2213-5413
pISSN - 1682-606X
DOI - 10.1016/j.fjs.2013.04.003
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , radiofrequency ablation , laparotomy , lesion , ablation , metastasis , rectal carcinoma , surgery , radiology , carcinoma , abdominal cavity , colorectal cancer , cancer
SummaryRadiofrequency ablation is a procedure used to treat hepatocelluar carcinoma. In this paper, we describe an unusual case of solitary rectal metastasis in a 71-year-old male patient one year after he had undergone radiofrequency ablation for hepatocelluar carcinoma. His presenting symptoms were tenesmus and the passage of small-caliber stools. The definitive diagnosis was determined after he underwent laparotomy. The liver and the abdominal cavity were free of the tumor, except for the rectal lesion