Unusual metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma to the esophagus.
This report describes a case of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presenting as a polypoid mass in the lower esophagus. The patient was a 63-year-old man with HCC. An endoscopic examination revealed a pedunculated polypoid mass, about 3 cm in diameter, at the lower part of the esophagus. The biopsy specimen obtained from the tumor revealed that the mass consisted of a pseudoglandular arrangement of tumor cells, and the tumor was diagnosed as metastatic HCC. There were no symptoms due to esophageal tumor. He died of progressive hepatic failure. Cases of premortem-diagnosed esophageal metastasis from HCC are extremely rare.
Tsubouchi
Eiji
E
Department of Internal Medicine, Shikoku Cancer Center, Matsuyama, Japan.
Hirasaki
Shoji
S
Kataoka
Junro
J
Hidaka
Satoshi
S
Kajiwara
Takeshi
T
Yamauchi
Yuusuke
Y
Masumoto
Toshikazu
T
Hyodo
Ichinosuke
I
D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed