Rupture of Metastatic Nodule on the Peritoneal Surface Secondary to Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Jun-ichi OKANO; Goushi SHIOTA; Yutaka HORIE; Akeri MITSUDA; Takeaki SUOU; Hironaka KAWASAKI; Satoshi OOFUJI

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.35.783

Jun-ichi OKANO, Goushi SHIOTA, Yutaka HORIE, Akeri MITSUDA, Takeaki SUOU, Hironaka KAWASAKI, Satoshi OOFUJI

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Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), peritoneal metastasis, an autopsy case

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1996 Volume 35 Issue 10 Pages 783-784

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.35.783

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Abstract

A 20-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) died of intraperitoneal bleeding from ruptured HCC, which was diagnostic from hemorrhagic ascites. At autopsy, a small nodule covered with hematogenous deposits was noted in the pelvic cavity near the left iliac artery. Microscopic findings showed that this was a ruptured metastatic nodule from HCC. Rupture of a metastatic nodule from HCC, especially one located on the peritoneal surface, has rarely been reported in the literature.
(Internal Medicine 35: 783-784, 1996)

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