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The Extraction of Liver Glycogen Molecules for Glycogen Structure Determination
Published on: February 8, 2022
[A case of glycogen storage disease type I with hepatocellular carcinoma]
Yukiko Okuda1, Hideo Ota, Koji Mikami
1Department of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital.
Abstract:
The patient was a 55-year-old female. In 1997, she was diagnosed as type-I glycogen storage disease (von Gierke disease). In March 2002, abdominal ultrasound tomography revealed an early enhanced lesion at liver S2, which suspected to a well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with super-paramagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). From 2002 to 2006, she received three times trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE) at enhanced lesions. But abdominal computer tomography (CT) revealed a 3.6 cm-in diameter early enhanced lesion near this tumor at S2, which was suspected to a diagnosis of recurrent HCC in December 2008. Therefore, she received a partial hepatectomy at S2. This resected specimen was diagnosed as poorly differentiated HCC. This patient is still alive with no recurrence after 6 months from operation. In conclusion, it might be effective for an early detection of recurrent HCC to see the doctor for a long regular checkup, because the growth of HCC with glycogen storage disease would be very slow.
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