Two Cases of Intraabdominal Bleeding Caused by Hepatocellular Carcinoma Rupture Soon after the Initiation of Chemotherapy with Lenvatinib

We herein report two patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who exhibited intraabdominal bleeding caused by tumor rupture soon after lenvatinib initiation. A hypervascular nodule was present in the lateral segment manifesting extrahepatic protrusion in an 81-year-old-man and in the caudate lobe, which was completely occupied by the tumor, in an 83-year-old-man. Both patients were given lenvatinib, and epigastralgia occurred suddenly three and five days later. Computed tomography revealed high-attenuation areas suggesting bleeding around the left and caudate lobes. Considering the strong antiangiogenic effects by lenvatinib, transcatheter arterial embolization should be performed before lenvatinib initiation in patients with subcapsular HCC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

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Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 61(2022), 15 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 2301-2305

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sato, Aya [VerfasserIn]
Imai, Yukinori [VerfasserIn]
Uchiya, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Uchida, Yoshihito [VerfasserIn]
Nakazawa, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Sugawara, Kayoko [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Nobuaki [VerfasserIn]
Mochida, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
EE083865G2
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Lenvatinib
Phenylurea Compounds
Quinolines
Rupture

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Date Completed 02.08.2022

Date Revised 17.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2169/internalmedicine.8733-21

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NLM338141413