Lower gastrointestinal bleeding from a hepatocellular carcinoma invading the colon.
Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract due to hepatocellular carcinoma invasion is unusual. We describe a 71-year-old man who had bloody stools caused by a hepatocellular carcinoma that directly invaded the transverse colon. The diagnosis was confirmed by colonoscopy and tissue examination. Our patient is the first with lower gastrointestinal bleeding from a hepatocellular carcinoma during the natural course of the tumor.
Chen
C Y
CY
Department of Medicine, Pathology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan.
Lu
C L
CL
Pan
C C
CC
Chiang
J H
JH
Chang
F Y
FY
Lee
S D
SD
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed