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KMID : 1039320200200020154
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Journal of Liver Cancer
2020 Volume.20 No. 2 p.154 ~ p.159
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Ruptured Massive Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cured by Transarterial Chemoembolization
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Lee Ji-Eun
Park Joong-Won
Lee In-Joon
Kim Bo-Hyun
Kim Seoung-Hoon
Kim Hyun-Beom
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Abstract
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Spontaneous tumor rupture is a serious but rare complication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and has a low survival rate. Here, we report a case of massive HCC that ruptured and was treated successfully with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). A 55-year-old man with abdominal pain was diagnosed with a 12-cm-wide ruptured HCC at segment 8. The overall liver function was scored as Child?Pugh A, but the single nodule tumor had ruptured; therefore, TACE treatment was initiated. After the first TACE treatment, residual tumors were found; thus, secondary TACE was performed 5 months later. No new lesions or extrahepatic metastases were found 16 months after the first TACE treatment, so hepatic resection was performed for curative treatment. The postoperative pathology results did not reveal any cancer cells; hence, TACE alone resulted in a cure. We report this case because the cure has been maintained for more than 3 years after resection.
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KEYWORD
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Hepatocellular carcinoma, Spontaneous rupture, Transarterial chemoembolization
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