Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Forty-two cases of ruptured hepatoma with intra-abdominal haemorrhage were seen over a period of eight years in the professorial surgical unit at the Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. In all, 207 cases of liver cancer were seen during this period, giving an incidence of rupture of 14.5%. There were 37 men and five women. The clinical features were the sudden onset of pain with shock and the prese...

Spontaneous Rupture of Renal Metastasis from Hepatocellular Carcinoma

We report a rare life-threatening case of spontaneous rupture of renal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that was managed by emergent transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE). A 76-year-old woman diagnosed with HCC presented with acute back pain in her right side and was transferred to our hospital. Initial enhanced computed tomography revealed retroperitoneal hemorrhage from the ...

CT risk factors predicting spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma

Spontaneous rupture of multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma: case report

Hemoperitoneum due to nontraumatic liver rupture is rare. The most common cause of nontraumatic rupture of the liver is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The other causes of nontraumatic liver ruptures are peliosis hepatis, polyarteritis nodosa, systemic lupus erythematosus, preeclampsia, metastatic carcinoma, and other primary liver tumors. In this report, we present the computed tomography find...

Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma: conservative management and selective intervention.

HYPOTHESIS A conservative approach using selective intervention is better than an aggressive approach using nonselective intervention for ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma. DESIGN Nonrandomized controlled trial. SETTING A university hospital. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS From 1984 to 1990, an aggressive approach was adopted in which 29 and 8 of a total of 40 patients underwent surgical inte...