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Table 1 Cases of ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied by hemothorax

From: Hemothorax caused by spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

References

Agea

Sex

Viral infection

Location of hemothorax

Source of hemorrhage

Hemostatic procedures

Outcomeb

Cause of death

Hino[8]

71

Male

Non B

Right

Mediastinal (lymph node) metastasis

Nc

Dead (1 day)

RF, HF

Sato[9]

71

Female

Non B

Right

Thoracic vertebrae metastasis

Nc

Dead (within 1 day)

Shock

Lin[10]

31

Male

B

Left

Chest wall metastasis

Nc

Dead (2 months)

Cancer death

Kohno[11]

53

Male

Nd

Left

Rib metastasis

TAE

Dead (3 months)

Cancer death

Sohara[16]

67

Male

Non B

Right

Primary HCC with direct invasionc

Nc

Dead (2 weeks)

HF

Sekiya[12]

79

Male

Non B

Right

Rib metastasis

Nc

Dead (17 hours)

Shock

Akimura[13]

68 or 69

Male

Non B

Left

Lung metastasis

Nc

Dead (36 hours)

Shock

Kanou[6]

65

Male

C

Right

Primary HCC with direct invasionc

TAE

Dead (3 months)

Rupture of EV

Takagi[14]

55 or 56

Female

Non B

Left

Pleural metastasis

Nc

Dead (2 weeks)

RF

Masumoto[5]

64

Male

C

Right

Primary HCC with direct invasionc

TAE

Dead (3 months)

Cancer death

Ogata[15]

64

Male

B & C

Right

Rib metastasis

Nc

Dead (26 hours)

RF, HF

Sohara[16]

64

Female

C

Right

Pleural metastasis

Nc

Dead (within 1 day)

Shock

Ishikawa[7]

59

Male

C

Right

Primary HCC with direct invasionc

TAE & Surgery

Dead (7 months)

Cancer death

Shiozawa[17]

68

Male

B

Right

Mediastinal lymph node metastasis

TAE

Alive (>12 months)

 

Wei[18]

42

Male

B

Left

Chest wall metastasis

Surgery

Dead (6 days)

MOF

Tan[19]

62

Male

Nd

Right

Rib metastasis

Nd

Dead (nd)

Shock

Our case

56

Female

B

Right

Primary HCC

TAE

Alive (>2 years)

 
  1. aestimated age at the onset of hemothorax; bduration of survival after the onset of hemothorax; cdirect invasion into the pleural cavity; Non B, negative hepatitis B antigen while hepatitis C virus infection was not examined; B, positive hepatitis B antigen; C, positive hepatitis C antibody; Nc, not carried out; Nd, not described; TAE transcatheter arterial embolization, RF respiratory failure, HF hepatic failure, MOF multiple organ failure, EV esophageal varices, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma.