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Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as acute spontaneous haemothorax
Author(s) -
LIN HSIENHONG,
LIEW CHOONGTSEK,
LIAW YUNFAN
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1990.tb01639.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , malignancy , carcinoma , differential diagnosis , hemothorax , shock (circulatory) , metastasis , radiology , pathology , cancer , pneumothorax
Hepatocellular carcinoma may present in various ways, but only a few instances present with symptoms of distant metastases. This report describes a case of hepatocellular carcinoma presenting with acute haemothorax and haemorrhagic shock secondary to spontaneous rupture of chest wall metastasis. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a frequent malignancy in Asia and should be considered in the list of differential diagnosis of spontaneous haemothorax.