Hepatocellular carcinoma with direct invasion to the stomach

Intern Med. 2007;46(12):845-8. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6048. Epub 2007 Jun 15.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) had been diagnosed 2 years earlier and he had undergone 7 courses of intra-hepato-arterial chemotherapy (IHAC). We performed gastrointestinal fiberscopy and identified a massive protrusion on the lesser curvature. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed multiple hepatic masses and an extrahepatic enlarged mass with invasion to the pancreas and stomach. A specimen for endoscopic biopsy revealed adenocarcinoma that stained positive for alpha-fetoprotein. Gastrointestinal bleeding resulting from direct invasion of HCC is unusual.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Radiography
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome