Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Liver Concomitant with Primary Colon Cancer: Report of a Case

Overview

Journal Clin J Gastroenterol

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2015 Jul 17

PMID 26181450

Citations 11

Authors

Kiyoto Morito

Keita Kai

Atsushi Miyoshi

Hiroshi Kubo

Takao Ide

Shinya Azama

Hiroyuki Irie

Yasuo Koga

Kenji Sumi

Osamu Ikeda

Kenji Kitahara

Hirokazu Noshiro

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Abstract

A 55-year-old Japanese female was admitted to our hospital to treat colon cancer. Computed tomography revealed a 2.6 × 2.0 cm liver mass considered to be liver metastasis. She synchronously underwent right colectomy with D3 lymph node dissection and subsegmentectomy 8 under the diagnosis of advanced colon cancer with liver metastasis. The pathology examination revealed the liver nodule was pure squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), whereas histology of colon cancer was a well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma containing no squamous component. The patient underwent intensive checkup by imaging for a primary site of SCC. However, no lesion considered as possible primary site of SCC was found. Therefore, the liver nodule was finally diagnosed as a primary hepatic SCC. Primary SCC of the liver is a rare and high-grade malignant tumor. Recurrent multiple liver nodule was found at 13 months after surgery and the patient died of cancer 17 months after surgery.

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