Gastrointestinal tract involvement in hepatocellular carcinoma: two cases illustrating duodenal and oesophageal invasion.

We present here two hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with gastrointestinal tract involvement (GITI). Hemorrhage due to duodenal involvement was the inaugural event of the HCC for the first patient. Dysphagia due to HCC recurrence in the oesophagus four years after left hepatectomy was the call symptom for the second. As incidence of HCC increases, and overall survival improves, incidence of GITI in HCC patients is expected to increase.