%0 Journal Article
%T Hemoperitoneo como forma de presentaci¨®n del carcinoma hepatocelular: experiencia de tres casos con rotura tumoral espont¨¢nea y revisi¨®n de la literatura
%A Fern¨¢ndez-Ruiz
%A M.
%A Guerra-Vales
%A J. M.
%A Llenas-Garc¨ªa
%A J.
%A Delgado-Garc¨ªa
%A J. M.
%A G¨®mez-Pellico
%A C.
%A Gonz¨¢lez-Barber
%A A.
%J Anales de Medicina Interna
%D 2008
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4321/S0212-71992008000200007
%X hemoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) constitutes a life-threatening situation if no appropriate therapy is provided. this complication is a well-known form of hcc presentation in countries with high incidence of liver tumours, but is an unusual event in western countries, where it has been described in 5% or less of cases with hcc. we report three patients admitted to our centre with acute hemoperitoneum secondary to non-traumatic rupture as a first manifestation of not previously diagnosed hcc. a review of the related literature is also performed.
%K hepatocellular carcinoma
%K hemoperitoneum
%K spontaneous rupture
%K transarterial chemoembolization.
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