Spontaneous Intratumoral Hemorrhage into Hepatocellular Carcinoma During Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report
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- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Korean Academy of Medical Sciences in Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Vol. 19 (6), 895-897
- https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.6.895
Abstract
Spontaneous extrahepatic rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rare but serious complication that occurs with an incidence of between 5 and 15% of patients with HCC. It is thought to be preceded by rapid expansion due to intratumoral bleed-ing. Extrahepatic rupture of HCC has been reported as a rare complication of tran-scatheter arterial embolization (TAE). Although there have been reports of extrahepatic rupture of HCC after TAE, but there is no report regarding intratumoral hemor-rhage into HCC during TAE. We report a unique case of intratumoral hemorrhage into HCC during TAE presumably triggered by TAE. Although a rare complication, intratumoral hemorrhage into HCC after TAE should be considered in any patient with TAE due to HCC.Keywords
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