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  • Title: Hepatocellular carcinoma masquerading as a bleeding gastric ulcer: a case report and a review of the surgical management.
    Author: Ong JC, Chow PK, Chan WH, Chung AY, Thng CH, Wong WK.
    Journal: World J Gastroenterol; 2007 Sep 07; 13(33):4523-5. PubMed ID: 17724814.
    Abstract:
    Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignancy worldwide. While bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract (BGIT) has a well known association with HCC, such cases are mainly due to gastric and esophageal varices. BGIT as a result of invasion of the gastrointestinal tract by HCC is extremely rare and is reportedly associated with very poor prognosis. We describe a 67-year-old male who presented with BGIT. Endoscopy showed the site of bleeding to be from a gastric ulcer, but endoscopic therapy failed to control the bleeding and emergency surgery was required. At surgery, the ulcer was found to have arisen from direct invasion of the gastrointestinal tract by HCC of the left lobe. Control of the bleeding was achieved by surgical resection of the HCC en-bloc with the lesser curve of the stomach. The patient remains alive 33 mo after surgery. Direct invasion of the gastrointestinal tract by HCC giving rise to BGIT is very uncommon. Surgical resection may offer significantly better survival over non-surgical therapy, especially if the patient is a good surgical candidate and has adequate functional liver reserves. Prognosis is not uniformly grave.
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