Rupture of metastatic nodule on the peritoneal surface secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma.
A 20-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) died of intraperitoneal bleeding from ruptured HCC, which was diagnostic from hemorrhagic ascites. At autopsy, a small nodule covered with hematogenous deposits was noted in the pelvic cavity near the left iliac artery. Microscopic findings showed that this was a ruptured metastatic nodule from HCC. Rupture of a metastatic nodule from HCC, especially one located on the peritoneal surface, has rarely been reported in the literature.
Okano
J
J
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago.
Shiota
G
G
Horie
Y
Y
Mitsuda
A
A
Suou
T
T
Kawasaki
H
H
Oofuji
S
S
D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications