Erschienen in:
09.01.2017 | Case Report
Gastric Metastasis from Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Rare Manifestation
verfasst von:
Mohamed Seenikatty Abdul Hakim, Ahmad Najib Azmi, Pailoor Jayalakshmi, Sanjiv Mahadeva
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 3/2018
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Excerpt
Gastric involvement due to metastasis by primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rare [
1,
2]. It has usually been reported to occur as a consequence of direct invasion of the tumour [
3] (from the left lobe of liver) or from contamination due to intraperitoneal surgical instrumentation. Metastasis via either lymphatic or haematogenous spread is not common [
3]. We report a case of gastric involvement by HCC whereby no other mechanism could have caused it other than via metastasis. …