Repeat hepatic resection for recurrent metastatic melanoma
Mondragon-Sanchez, R.; Barrera-Franco, J.L.; Cordoba-Gutierrez, H.; Meneses-Garcia, A.
Hepato-Gastroenterology 46(25): 459-461
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-6390 PMID: 10228842 Document Number: 509616
We present an unusual case of a recurrent metastatic hepatic melanoma that had undergone a repeat hepatic resection. A 62 year-old female patient was diagnosed with a plantar melanoma and was managed with resection and regional lymphadenectomy. Eight months later, a solitary liver metastasis was diagnosed and a right hepatectomy performed. Sixteen months later, a recurrent solitary metastasis was diagnosed in the caudate lobe and resection was performed. She has since been asymptomatic with no evidence of recurrence of the disease at a 2-year follow up. We recommend surgical removal of hepatic metastatic melanoma in selected cases where the disease is confined to the liver and surgery can be performed without unacceptable risk.