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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
An extremely rare case of splenic rupture at the site of metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma is reported. A 62-yr-old woman with hepatocellular carcinoma and its suspected metastasis to the spleen died of intraperitoneal hemorrhage. Autopsy disclosed a laceration of the spleen as the definitive cause of the hemorrhage. There were multiple nodules of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma in the spleen, some of which were exposed at the lacerated portion of the splenic capsule. This may be the first report of a case of spontaneous rupture of the spleen secondary to metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. Splenic rupture can be one of the causes of hemoperitoneum in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-9270
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
882-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous rupture of the spleen secondary to metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: a report of a case and review of the literature.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports