Extrahepatic transarterial radioembolization to treat fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report.

Ljuboja, Damir, Jeffrey L Weinstein, Muneeb Ahmed, and Ammar Sarwar. 2020. “Extrahepatic Transarterial Radioembolization to Treat Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Report.”. Radiology Case Reports 15 (12): 2613-16.

Abstract

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC) is a rare primary liver tumor that typically presents at an advanced stage in early adolescents and adults with no underlying liver disease. Surgical resection is the first-line treatment, and patients who are not surgical candidates face limited treatment options with poor long-term outcomes. Herein we report the first documented, technically successful treatment of FL-HCC with extrahepatic spread using transarterial radioembolization (TARE) in a 16-year-old male patient with surgically unresectable disease. Subsequent imaging revealed tumor necrosis and a 20% reduction in size, and the patient survived 20 months post-treatment, a marked improvement relative to historical data in the literature. Further research should examine the potential role of yttrium-90 TARE in the treatment of FL-HCC patients with metastatic disease.

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