Erschienen in:
03.04.2018 | Case Report
Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma into the Transverse Colon
verfasst von:
Andrew Ofosu, Daryl Ramai, Leon E. Kurtz, Lewis Genuth, Madhavi Reddy
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 3/2019
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Excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common tumor worldwide and is responsible for over 250,000 deaths annually [
1]. Major advances have been made in the treatment of HCC. However, despite improvement in surgical and therapeutic management, HCC continues to have poor long-term outcomes due to its high recurrence rate and metastatic propensity. Among metastatic sites, the lungs, lymph nodes, bone, and adrenal glands are the most common [
2]. Direct invasion of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract by HCC is very uncommon. …