[A case of intrahepatic infusion chemotherapy with angiotensin II human for liver metastasis from early gastric cancer].

A 71-year-old woman underwent subtotal distal gastrectomy for II a+ II c type early cancer of the gastric antrum. Histological type was poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with medullary proliferation, and the lesion invaded the submucosal layer. Two years and 6 months after the operation, multiple liver tumors were found on the CT scan. A surgical resection of the liver tumor was performed. Microscopically, the liver tumors were compatible with gastric cancer. The remnant liver metastases were treated by intrahepatic infusion chemotherapy with Angiotensin II human (Delivert) using a subcutaneous implanted pump. The liver metastases disappeared on the CT scan after 3 courses of chemotherapy, but bone metastasis occurred after 2 months. This mode of chemotherapy was therefore considered a useful treatment for liver metastasis in gastric cancer. We concluded that not only intrahepatic infusion chemotherapy with Angiotensin II human but also another systemic chemotherapy was necessary to treat patients with liver metastasis in gastric cancer.