• Internal medicine · Jul 2021

    Case Reports

    Successful Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Hemothorax from a Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis to the Chest Wall in an Elderly Patient.

    • Maito Suoh, Atsushi Hagihara, Ken Kageyama, Akira Yamamoto, Masaru Enomoto, Akihiro Tamori, and Norifumi Kawada.
    • Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2021 Jul 15; 60 (14): 2223-2228.

    AbstractAn 87-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presented with right-sided chest pain. Computed tomography revealed right bloody pleural effusion and an extravasation from an arterially enhanced mass in the right seventh posterior intercostal space. These findings indicated hemothorax from a rupture of HCC metastasis to the chest wall. Angiography of the intercostal arteries confirmed a hypervascular tumor, and transcatheter arterial embolization resulted in hemostasis. He was discharged with palliative care and remains alive after 9 months. Although hemothorax represents an unusual, life-threatening complication of HCC, our case suggests that transcatheter treatment can achieve hemostasis and a favorable survival even in elderly patients.

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