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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2018

The potentiality of laparoscopic partial liver excisional biopsy using analysis of the liver surface based on preoperative 3D simulation imaging: A case report.

Shigenori Ei, Osamu Itano, Hideo Yoshida, Hidenori Ojima, Masayuki Shimoda, Hiroshi Uchida, Shingo Maeda, Yusuke Kumamoto, Satoshi Aiko

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Shigenori EiDepartment of Surgery, Eiju General Hospital, 2-23-16 Higashiueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-8645, Japan; Department of Surgery, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0375, Japan. Electronic address: s.ei@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
Osamu ItanoDepartment of Surgery, Eiju General Hospital, 2-23-16 Higashiueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-8645, Japan; Department of Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare, 6-1-14 Konodai, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-0827, Japan. Electronic address: laplivertiger@gmail.com.
Hideo YoshidaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Eiju General Hospital, 2-23-16 Higashiueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-8645, Japan.
Hidenori OjimaDepartment of Pathology, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Masayuki ShimodaDepartment of Pathology, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Hiroshi UchidaDepartment of Surgery, Eiju General Hospital, 2-23-16 Higashiueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-8645, Japan.
Shingo MaedaDepartment of Surgery, Eiju General Hospital, 2-23-16 Higashiueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-8645, Japan.
Yusuke KumamotoDepartment of Surgery, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0375, Japan.
Satoshi AikoDepartment of Surgery, Eiju General Hospital, 2-23-16 Higashiueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-8645, Japan.

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Abstract

introductionThe imaging diagnostics of liver tumor are difficult. There are no effective biopsy examinations for liver tumors that cannot be detected even by ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT). We report a remarkably useful biopsy method for such tumors. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 67-year-old man with hepatitis C underwent gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, and the images revealed multiple delayed enhanced masses that showed high signal intensity in the hepatobiliary phase. The possibility of malignancy could not be ruled out due to the trend towards increased size of the masses. Percutaneous liver biopsy was considered impossible because CT and US could not detect the masses. Laparoscopic liver biopsy with preoperative simulation using 3D imaging was performed. The 3D imaging provided accurate information of liver surface irregularities with cirrhosis change. The tumor location was confirmed, and adequate tumor excisional biopsy was performed. Histological assessment revealed the tumor to be a focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodule. DISCUSSION AND

conclusionsLaparoscopic liver biopsy has been widely used because of its safety and accuracy. It enables accurate resection of tumors that are undetectable with CT and US by employing preoperative 3D imaging while maintaining the less-invasiveness.

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3D simulation imagingCase reportFNH-like lesionLaparoscopic hepatectomyLiver biopsy

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PMCPMC6000997

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