Ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as Cullen's and Grey-Turner's sign

Ghulam Nabi Yattoo, Syed Mushfiq Shafi, Neeraj Dhar, Saurabh Kaushik, Ghulam Mohd Gulzar, Jaswinder Singh Sodhi
2020 Indian Journal of Case Reports  
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common malignant liver tumor, is usually asymptomatic but rarely bleeds into the peritoneal cavity which can be a serious catastrophe. In this case report, we are presenting a case of ruptured HCC, who came to our emergency room with hepatic decompensation in the form of jaundice and progressive abdominal distention and on evaluation were found to have ruptured HCC and the classical findings associated with it were the signs of intraperitoneal bleed like
more » ... Cullen's and Grey-Turner's sign which are classically mentioned in acute pancreatitis.
doi:10.32677/ijcr.2020.v06.i09.002 fatcat:w6jcfbzobrhphlzegitlwedjke