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Treatment of lymph node recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

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The clinicopathological features and results of lymph node dissection were investigated in four patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who developed lymph node recurrence following hepatectomy. One patient was found to have metastasis in the periportal lymph nodes at the time of a second laparotomy, while the other three developed posterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph node metastasis. All four patients had concomitant cirrhosis of the liver and were negative for hepatitis B surface antigen. No relationship between the site of the primary lesion and the location of lymph node metastasis was found. Two of the four patients are alive and in good health 4 years and 3 months, and 7 years and 3 months after their first operation, respectively. Thus, we conclude that the posterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes are the most common site of lymph node recurrence of HCC, and that dissection of the affected lymph nodes offers the best chance of longterm survival.

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Une, Y., Misawa, K., Shimamura, T. et al. Treatment of lymph node recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Surg Today 24, 606–609 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01833724

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