[The emergency surgical treatment of hemoperitoneum due to the spontaneous rupture of a hepatocarcinoma in a cirrhotic liver].
A case of intraperitoneal hemorrhage from rupture of a unknown hepatocarcinoma on a cirrhotic liver treated in emergency is reported. Owing to the severity of the general conditions of the aging patient the diagnostic was not higher than of probability. The surgical treatment was an atypical wedge resection, that proved efficacious for the surgical recovery, and perhaps also for a limited oncologic treatment in consideration of the underlying cirrhosis.
Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio di Chieti.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous