AUTHOR=Zhang Zun-Yi , Wang Yu-Wei , Zhang Wei , Zhang Bi-Xiang 

TITLE=Case Report: Solitary metastasis to the appendix after curative treatment of HCC

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1081326

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2023.1081326

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=Liver cancer now is the fourth most common cancer in China. The most important factor of decreasing the overall survival is recurrence. Nearly 40%~70% patients would be detected with intrahepatic or extrahepatic recurrence in 5 years after R0 resection. Intestine is not an usual site for extrahepatic metastasis. Only one case of HCC metastasis to the appendix has been reported so far. Here we report a case of HCC patient who was detected with solitary metastasis to appendix after R0 resection and a brief review on this rare condition.