[A case of recurrent liver tumor from gastric cancer responding remarkably to intra-hepato-arterial infusion of CDDP, MMC and Lipiodol].

A 67-year-old woman who received subtotal gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer in 1985 was diagnosed as having a solitary liver tumor and increasing CA 19-9 for 2 years and 1 month after the operation. When an angiography was performed, we suspected a recurrent liver tumor from gastric cancer, and she received an intra-hepato-arterial infusion of 60 mg of CDDP, 8 mg of MMC and 5 micromilligrams of Lipiodol. The infusion was very effective, so 3 additional infusions were performed. There were no other recurrent lesions, so we performed tumor resection of the liver. Histologically, the resected tissue necrosed and no tumor cell was found. Therefore, it was difficult to diagnose whether the tumor was a recurrent liver tumor or hepatocellular carcinoma. From the clinical diagnosis and X ray findings, we suspected that it was the recurrent liver tumor. We report that this case responded to infusions and all tumor cells which necrosed were rare.