Surgical outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma originating in the caudate lobe

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) originating in the caudate lobe is rare, and the treatment for this type of carcinoma is difficult because of its unique anatomic location.This retrospective study assessed the surgical outcome of patients with caudate lobe HCC. There were 20 cases of HCC originating in the caudate lobe among 435 patients with primary HCC who underwent hepatic resection in our department from 1990 to 2002. The caudate tumors were...