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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
Nineteen patients with hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatolithiasis were retrospectively analyzed. Eleven of the 19 patients presented with hepatolithiasis-related biliary infection. Diagnosis was erroneously assumed to be hepatolithiasis alone, liver abscess, or cholangiocarcinoma in five of 11 patients before surgery was attempted. Middle-age, male sex, liver cirrhosis, hepatitis B or C infection, abnormal alpha-fetoprotein, and negative carcinoembryonic antigen raised the suspicion of associated hepatocellular carcinoma rather than cholangiocarcinoma in patients with hepatolithiasis. Antibiotics and nonoperative methods to resolve biliary infection first, followed by hepatectomy, in selected cases, to eradicate hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatolithiasis simultaneously provides the best chance for long-term survival. Otherwise, patients often died of hepatolithiasis-related biliary sepsis rather than hepatocellular carcinoma per se in the long run.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0163-2116
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2483-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Hospital Mortality, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Lithiasis, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Liver Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:9824139-Taiwan
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatocellular carcinoma complicated with coexisting hepatolithiasis: pitfalls in diagnosis and management.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery and Pathology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article