Encefalopatía hiperamoniémica y hepatocarcinoma fibrolamelar / Hyperammonemic encephalopathy and fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma
Medicina (B.Aires)
; 72(5): 425-427, oct. 2012. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-129298
Localization: AR1.2
RESUMEN
Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 22 años con hepatocarcinoma fibrolamelar agresivo, metastásico, de rápida evolución y con una rara forma de comienzo, como una encefalopatía hiperamoniémica. El hepatocarcinoma fibrolamelar es un tumor hepático raro, que se presenta en pacientes jóvenes, sin antecedentes de hepatopatía viral o cirrótica. Su etiología es desconocida, y tradicionalmente fue considerado como de mejor pronóstico que el carcinoma hepatocelular clásico.(AU)
ABSTRACT
We present the case of a young woman, 22 years old, with an aggressive form of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. She began with the signs and symptoms of a hyperammonemic encephalopathy, an uncommon form of presentation. Fibrolamellar carcinoma is a rare liver tumor, which affects young patients without previous liver disease. Its etiology is unknown, and it has been considered as a tumor with a better prognosis than the classic hepatocellular carcinoma.(AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Argentina
Database:
BINACIS
Main subject:
Hepatic Encephalopathy
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Hyperammonemia
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Liver Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medicina (B.Aires)
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Juan A Fernández/s.p