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Carcinoma
Study data from Nagasaki University update understanding of carcinoma
June 15th, 2009
"We report the usefulness of measuring functional liver volume in two patients undergoing hepatectomy. Case 1 involved a 47-year-old man with hepatitis B virus infection," investigators in Sakamoto, Japan report. "The indocyanine green test retention rate at 15 min (ICGR15) was 14%. Liver uptake ratio (LHL15) by technetium-99 m galactosyl human serum albumin (Tc-99m-GSA) liver scintigraphy was 0.91. The patient displayed hilar bile duct carcinoma necessitating right hepatectomy. After preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE), future remnant liver volume became 54% and functional volume by Tc-99m-GSA became 79%. Although the permitted resected liver volume was lower...
Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2009-06-15)
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