کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4154817 | 1273728 | 2016 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
BackgroundIn children diagnosed with hepatoblastoma (HB), the lungs are the most common site of metastasis at both initial presentation and relapse. Previous studies have encouraged pulmonary metastasectomy to achieve a disease-free state after resection of the primary hepatic lesion. However, there is no consensus about how to manage recurrent pulmonary metastasis.ProcedureA retrospective, multi-institutional review was performed from 2005 to 2014 to identify HB patients ≤ 18 years of age who had disease recurrence associated with pulmonary metastases alone.ResultsTen patients between the ages of 8 and 33 months were identified. Pulmonary metastatic recurrence was detected by measuring alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels and/or with CT scans of the chest. All patients subsequently underwent pulmonary metastasectomy without post-operative complications. At last follow-up, 8 patients were alive and had normal AFP levels. The 8 survivors had a median follow-up from therapy completion of 18.5 months. Two patients who presented with extrapulmonary recurrence subsequently died of treatment refractory disease.ConclusionsThis review supports surgical resection as a safe and, in the context of multimodal therapy, efficacious approach to manage HB patients who present with isolated pulmonary relapse.
Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - Volume 51, Issue 4, April 2016, Pages 525–529