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Hepatic Cancer

Hiroshima University publishes research in hepatic cancer

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, June 1st, 2008

"Glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia; von Gierke disease) is an inherited disorder caused by glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, and there have been some reports of hepatic tumors in patients with this disease. We report two patients with benign hepatic tumors with GSD-Ia," researchers in Japan report.

"One is a 19-year-old man who underwent segmentectomy 4 for a focal nodular hyperplasia, and the other is a 31-year-old woman who underwent segmentectomies 3, 5, and 6 for hepatic adenomas. Two significant perioperative complications, resulting from the carbohydrate metabolic disorders, hypoglycemia and metabolic acidosis, occurred in both patients. We managed the...

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