Hepatocellular carcinoma complicating biliary cirrhosis caused by biliary atresia: report of a case.
A case of hepatocellular carcinoma complicating biliary cirrhosis caused by biliary atresia is reported. The patient had persistent severe jaundice with hepatosplenomegaly. A liver tumor was suspected because of the elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein and was shown by ultrasonography at 6 years of age. The tumor was treated with percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT). Nine months after initiation of PEIT, the patient died of massive bleeding from a metastatic tumor.
Kohno
M
M
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Kitatani
H
H
Wada
H
H
Kajimoto
T
T
Matuno
H
H
Tanino
M
M
Nakagawa
T
T
Takarada
A
A
D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010166:Palliative Care; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins