Case Reports in Hepatology / 2018 / Article / Tab 1 / Case Report
Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Transarterial Chemoembolization followed by Massive Gastric Bleeding Table 1 Previously reported cases of HCC rupture after TACE.
No. Author Year Country Age Gender Etiology Cirrhosis Tumor size (cm) Location Interval Treatment Outcome Cause of death, 1 Tu [2 ], Jia [6 ] 2016, 2013 China 45 M HBV Present 9 Right 10 Conservative Died N.A 2 61 M N.A. Absent 13 Right 6 TAE Alive 3 53 M HBV Present 11 Right+Left 7 Conservative Died N.A. 4 57 M HBV Absent 14 Right+Left 9 TAE Alive 5 64 M N.A. Absent 16 Right+Left 17 Conservative Alive 6 67 F/M N.A. Absent 16 Right+Left 13 Conservative Alive 7 Singh Bhinder [7 ] 2015 USA 67 M alcohol, HCV Present 4 VII 1 TAE Alive 8 Park [8 ] 2011 Korea 52 M HBV, alcohol Present 12.3 VII 30 Conservative Died Hepatic failure, more than 1 year after TACE 9 Bruls [9 ] 2011 Belgium 78 M alcohol Present 7 II, IV 3 weeks Conservative Died Tumor rupture, 2 month after TACE 10 Ritter [10 ] 2011 Germany 74 M alcohol Present 16 III, IVb 14 hours Conservative Died Few hours after tumor rupture 11 Sun [11 ] 2010 China 28 F N.A. N.A. 13 Right 1 month TAE Alive 12 42 F N.A. N.A. 11 Right 3 TAE Alive 13 83 F N.A. N.A. 14 Right 5 month TAE Died Respiratory failure, 1 week after rupture 14 51 M N.A. N.A. 7 Right 16 hours TAE Alive 15 47 M N.A. N.A. 10 Right 7 months TAE Alive 16 Nawawi [12 ] 2010 Malaysia 66 M alcohol Present 3.5 N.A. N.A. N.A. Died Tumor rupture, 2 month after TACE 17 Reso [13 ] 2009 Canada 90 M N.A. N.A. 11 Right 4 hours Conservative Died Respiratory failure, 16 days after TACE 18 Reichman [14 ] 2009 USA 53 M HBV Present 6 VII, VIII 6 hours Laparotomy Died Shortly after tumor rupture 19 Battula [15 ] 2007 UK 61 M N.A. Present 11 Right 2 Laparotomy Died Tumor rupture, 2 days after TACE 20 69 M N.A. Present 13 Right 24 Conservative Alive 21 Yeh [16 ] 2002 Taiwan 45 M HCV Present N.A. IV-VIII 2 month Laparotomy Died Hepatic failure, one month after surgery
HBV: hepatitis B virus: HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma: HCV: hepatitis C virus: TAE: transarterial embolization: TACE: transarterial chemoembolization: USA: the United States of America: UK: United Kingdom.
