ISCHEMIC HEPATITIS SECONDARY TO THE SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF A HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA IN A PATIENT WITH CIRRHOSIS

Authors
CASTIELLA A CANCIO M GARCIABENGOECHEA M LOBO C BUJANDA L ARENAS JI
Citation
A. Castiella et al., ISCHEMIC HEPATITIS SECONDARY TO THE SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF A HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA IN A PATIENT WITH CIRRHOSIS, Liver, 16(2), 1996, pp. 147-150
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Liver → ACNP
ISSN journal
01069543
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
147 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0106-9543(1996)16:2<147:IHSTTS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A patient with alcoholic cirrhosis who developed fatal ischemic hepati tis induced by hemorrhagic shock, due to the spontaneous rupture of a hepatocellular carcinoma, is reported. This was the first manifestatio n of the hepatic neoplasm. To our knowledge, this is the first case re port of ischemic hepatitis of this origin.