TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatocellular carcinoma and Crohn's disease
T2 - A case report and review
AU - Miura, Hideaki
AU - Kawaguchi, Takaaki
AU - Takazoe, Masakazu
AU - Kitamura, Shigehiro
AU - Yamada, Haruki
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is usually known to develop in patients with underlying high-risk liver diseases such as viral hepatitis, cirrhosis and alcohol abuse, whereas reports dealing with HCC in Crohn's disease (CD) are limited. We present a case of HCC, which developed sequentially within a short period in a 52-year-old Japanese man with a 36-year history of CD without risky conditions for HCC. He also had not taken immunosuppressants such as azathioprine. Although the definitive etiological factors contributing to hepatocarcinogenesis in the present case could not be elucidated, further close surveillance is required.
AB - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is usually known to develop in patients with underlying high-risk liver diseases such as viral hepatitis, cirrhosis and alcohol abuse, whereas reports dealing with HCC in Crohn's disease (CD) are limited. We present a case of HCC, which developed sequentially within a short period in a 52-year-old Japanese man with a 36-year history of CD without risky conditions for HCC. He also had not taken immunosuppressants such as azathioprine. Although the definitive etiological factors contributing to hepatocarcinogenesis in the present case could not be elucidated, further close surveillance is required.
KW - Crohn's disease (CD)
KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
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U2 - 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1866
DO - 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1866
M3 - Article
C2 - 19443977
AN - SCOPUS:67649995782
SN - 0918-2918
VL - 48
SP - 815
EP - 819
JO - Internal Medicine
JF - Internal Medicine
IS - 10
ER -
