title: A case of hepatocellular carcinoma with bleeding gingival metastasis treated by transcatheter arterial embolization.
abstract: The patient was a terminally ill 80-year-old man with multiple lung metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma, that had developed following hepatitis-C virus-associated cirrhosis. He was admitted to our hospital with gingival bleeding, and we diagnosed gingival metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma, based on histological examination. The bleeding could not be controlled, and the patient became dyspneic. After transcatheter arterial embolization, his bleeding was successfully controlled until his death due to respiratory failure. Transcatheter arterial embolization was a safe and effective treatment in our case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Akita General Hospital.
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Masayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujishima
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takikawa
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male