Acute Pulmonary Infarction Complicated with Thromboembolism as the First Manifestation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
- Author:
Chae June LIM
1
;
Ji Yun HONG
;
Chung Hwan JUN
;
Sung Kyu CHOI
;
Sung Bum CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma; Infarction; Pulmonary embolism
- MeSH: Aged; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular*; Humans; Infarction; Methods; Prognosis; Pulmonary Embolism; Pulmonary Infarction*; Radiotherapy; Thromboembolism*; Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:Journal of Liver Cancer 2017;17(2):163-167
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Acute pulmonary infarction by tumoral thromboemboli is an extremely rare fatal complication as the first clinical manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patient with tumoral thrombi in the inferior vena cava. The treatment method has not been established and shown to very poor prognosis despite of trying various modalities such as anticoagulation, radiotherapy and thromboembolectomy. Here, we describe a 74-year-old man who was diagnosed with HCC that presented as pulmonary thromboembolism and subsequent pulmonary infarction as the first manifestation.
