Acute pulmonary embolism as the first manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma complicated with tumor thrombi in the inferior vena cava: Surgery or not?

Hsuan-Hwai Lin, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Heng-Cheng Chu, Wei-Kuo Chang, You-Chen Chao, Tsai-Yuan Hsieh

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1554-1557
Number of pages4
JournalDigestive Diseases and Sciences
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Tumor Thrombi
  • acute disease
  • adult
  • anticoagulant therapy
  • article
  • cancer invasion
  • case report
  • cause of death
  • clinical feature
  • human
  • inferior cava vein
  • liver cell carcinoma
  • lung embolism
  • lung injury
  • male
  • multiple organ failure
  • nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
  • priority journal
  • transthoracic echocardiography
  • tumor thrombus
  • tumor volume
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
  • Heart Atria
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Thrombosis
  • Vena Cava, Inferior

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