title: Hepatocellular carcinoma with unusual metastasis to the esophagus.
abstract: We describe a rare case of esophageal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma. Esophagoscopy showed an oozing semipedunculated polypoid mass. Endoscopic ultrasound showed a mosaic pattern, and angiography and computed tomography showed tumor staining similar to that of the primary tumor in the liver. The present patient underwent superselective transcatheter arterial infusion of anticancer agents and permanent hemostasis was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Academic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba 260-0856, Japan. cho@maple.ocn.ne-jp
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Munemasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Yushin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Yukika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Yukimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okazumi
authors.forename: Takenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ochiai
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary*; D019160:Endosonography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography