Case Reports in Gastroenterology· 2017Q4
Acute Abdomen: A Rare Case of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Short summary
This case report highlights the rare occurrence of spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) rupture, which presents an emergency requiring difficult treatment decisions.
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Key points
- Spontaneous rupture of HCC is a rare but serious emergency.
- Acute management options include conservative treatment, embolization, and surgery.
- Liver resection remains the only curative treatment for HCC.
- Transarterial embolization can serve as a bridging therapy to lower perioperative risks.
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Abstract
Spontaneous ruptures of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are rare. Nevertheless they may lead to difficult decisions in the emergency situation. The acute therapies include conservative treatment, transarterial embolization and surgery. Curative treatment of HCC can be achieved by liver resection solely. The decision-making depends on prognostic patient's factors, such as hepatic viral infection status, Child-Pugh grade, liver cirrhosis and number of tumors. In this case transarterial embolization was preferable as a bridging therapy prior to further diagnostics and therapy, to lower the perioperative morbidity and mortality. The therapy of these cases needs an interdisciplinary approach to choose the best possible procedure in each case.
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