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Sonographic and color Doppler findings of rupture of liver tumors

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We present six cases of ruptured liver tumor (hepatocellular carcinoma, five cases; liver metastasis, one case) in which gray-scale sonography revealed an ascites containing constantly moving dense high-echo spots, leading to a high suspicion of acutely developing hemoperitoneum. Color Doppler sonography helped in detecting the rupture site by demonstrating a high-velocity jet flow from it. Although four of six patients were dead within 3 months, detection of the rupture site by color Doppler sonography made the initial transarterial embolization therapy easy and prompt.

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  1. First Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, Japan, JP

    H. Ishida, K. Konno, Y. Hamashima, H. Naganuma, T. Komatsuda, M. Sato, S. Kato & O. Masamune

  2. Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical College, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, JP

    J. Ishida

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Received: 17 June 1997/Accepted: 6 August 1997

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Ishida, H., Konno, K., Hamashima, Y. et al. Sonographic and color Doppler findings of rupture of liver tumors. Abdom Imaging 23, 587–591 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900409

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