01 March 2021
: Case report
Laparoscopic Left Hepatectomy with Middle Hepatic Vein Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction
Unusual setting of medical care, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Akira Umemura1ABDEF*, Hiroyuki Nitta1CD, Takeshi Takahara1EF, Yasushi Hasegawa1BC, Hirokatsu Katagiri1CD, Shoji Kanno1DE, Megumi Kobayashi1EF, Taro Ando1AB, Ayaka Sato2CD, Noriyuki Uesugi2CD, Tamotsu Sugai2CD, Akira Sasaki1CDDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.928801
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e928801
Figure 1. (A) An enhanced CT examination revealed that the middle hepatic vein was encased by a low-density mass (white arrow). (B, C) The portal phase of the CT examination also revealed cavernous transformation from the infrapancreatic superior mesenteric vein to the intrahepatic vessels (white arrow).






