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A Spontaneously Ruptured Hepatic Metastasis From a Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor That Presented as Hemoperitoneum

Spontaneous hepatic hemorrhage is a rare condition that may be caused by an underlying hepatic tumor, most commonly hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatic adenoma. A spontaneous rupture of a hepatic metastasis from a gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor is also extremely rare, and the majority of aff...

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Autor principal: Yoon, Jung-Hee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709613512475
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Sumario:Spontaneous hepatic hemorrhage is a rare condition that may be caused by an underlying hepatic tumor, most commonly hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatic adenoma. A spontaneous rupture of a hepatic metastasis from a gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor is also extremely rare, and the majority of affected patients present with hypovolemic shock or an acute abdomen. In this article, we report the case of a 65-year-old man with a spontaneous rupture of a hepatic metastasis from a gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor that presented as hypovolemic shock. Cross-sectional imaging studies (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging) play a significant role in the diagnosis of this condition and guides its management.