Isolated resection of proper caudate lobe for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic liver: a case report.

The caudate lobe of the liver is located between the hepatic hilum and the inferior vena cava. Resection of the caudate lobe alone, without sacrificing other parts of the liver, is a surgical challenge. An isolated resection of proper caudate lobe was accomplished here in a 64-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma complicated by liver cirrhosis. The post-operative course was uneventful. The patient remains free of disease two years after operation. The technique used is described to advocate isolated caudate lobectomy for a patient with cirrhosis with a caudate lobe hepatocellular carcinoma.