title: Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent malignant tumour of the liver. HCC has an incidence that changes with geographic areas (1.2-2.5% in western countries and 13-53% in Asia and Africa) as the risk of tumour bleeding. The patient arrives to the surgeon in emergency with no possibility of radical resection because of the patient's general conditions, the tumour's stage and the cirrhosis. Palliative treatments are: resection, direct suture of the bleeding tumour, artery embolization and selective binding of the hepatic artery. The Authors describe two cases of spontaneous rupture of HCC observed in the surgical department of Venice Hospital. A review of the literature is also reported.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale con Sezione Infantile Complesso Convenzionato, Università di Padova, Ospedale Civile di Venezia, Italy.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dal Zennaro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ardit
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marconato
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Marzola
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tremolada
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous