A Case of Multiple Intratumoral Hemorrhage and Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Starting Lenvatinib.

Case Reports Hepatol

Department of Radiology, Yuai Memorial Hospital, 707 Higashiushigaya, Koga, Ibaraki, Japan.

Published: December 2020

A man in his 80s was administered lenvatinib to treat multiple hepatocellular carcinomas. After starting lenvatinib, he was admitted to our hospital for fever and epigastric tenderness. Conjunctival icterus and conjunctival pallor were observed. Computed tomography showed high density areas in his tumors which were suggestive of intratumoral hemorrhage and tumor rupture. As a result, the patient underwent an emergent angiography and arterial embolization.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7765715PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6659388DOI Listing

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