Extended Hemi-Hepatectomy with Portal Vein Reconstruction in a Patient with Situs Ambiguous

Extended Hemi-Hepatectomy with Portal Vein Reconstruction in a Patient with Situs Ambiguous

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We report a case of far-advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with situs ambiguous, complex visceral and campicon.com vascular anomalies, who was successfully managed by extended hemi-hepatectomy.A 67-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a large liver mass.Abdominal ultrasonography, computed tomography and angiography revealed HCC with a diameter of 10 cm, with tumor thrombus in the main and first branch of the portal vein.

Multiple complex anomalies in the abdomen were determined preoperatively.He had right-sided spleens-stomach-duodenum, liver at midline, inferior vena cava interruption with azygous continuation, and hepatic arterial anomaly.Extended left lobectomy of the liver with reconstruction of the portal vein was performed.

Postoperatively, the patient recovered without major complications, and he was discharged on postoperative day 21.We report the first successful extended hepatectomy with portal vein reconstruction for telemarkskongen flue HCC in a patient with rare situs anomalies.