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C ase R eport : Gastrointestinal bleeding from a hepatocellular carcinoma invading the transverse colon
Author(s) -
HASHIMOTO MASAJI,
WATANABE GORO,
MATSUDA MASAMICHI,
YAMAMOTO TAIRA,
TSUTSUMI KENJI,
TSURUMARU MASAHIKO
Publication year - 1996
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.1440-1746.1996.tb00328.x
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , medicine , cirrhosis , transverse colon , colonoscopy , embolization , complication , gastroenterology , radiology , pathology , colorectal cancer , cancer
A 72‐year‐old woman with cirrhosis of the liver was treated repeatedly by transcatheter arterial embolization for multifocal hepatocellular carcinomas. She developed gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to direct invasion of the wall of the transverse colon. The diagnosis was made pre‐operatively by colonoscopy and the patient was treated successfully. This rare complication of hepatocellular carcinoma was due to the protrusive type of growth exhibited by this tumour and may have been affected by the transcatheter arterial embolization.