Transcatheter arterial embolization for chest wall metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 List of the repoted cases of ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma (metastasis)

Ref.	Age (yr)/gender	Meta	Symptom	Treatment	Outcome
This report	70/M	Chest wall metastasis	Dyspnea shock	TAE intercostal artery	17 mo alive
Wei et al[5]	42/M	Chest wall metastasis	Massive hemoptysis	Tube thoracotom surgery	6 d die MOF
Sohara et al[6]	64/F	Chest wall metastasis	Hypotension	Conservative	1 d die hypovolemic shock
Ogata et al[7]	64/M	Rib metastasis	Right chest pain	Conservative	27 h die respiratory and liver failure
Takagi et al[8]	70/F	Pleural metastasis	Dyspnea	Conservative	2 wk die respiratory failure
Akimaru et al[9]	67/M	Lung metastasis	Dyspnea palpitation	Conservative	36 h die
Masumoto et al[10]	64/M	Pleural dissemination	Pleural effusion	TAE RIPA	3 mo die HCC progression
Kamiyoshihara et al[11]	68/M	Rib metastasis	Chest pain	Rib resection	3 mo die bone meta

M: Male; F: Female; MOF: Multiple organ failure; RIPA: Right inferior phrenic artery; TAE: Transcatheter arterial embolization; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.