A Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Combined with Liver Abscess / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
; : 378-382, 2009.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-145372
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ABSTRACT
Hepatocellular calcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. It is important to diagnose HCC exactly before management is attempted. But, the clinical presentations and radiologic findings of liver abscess, HCC, and metastatic tumor to the liver may be quite similar, and procedures such as serum tumor marker assay, computerized tomography, and ultrasonography of the liver cannot make a specific diagnosis. We report a case of HCC successfully diagnosed by surgery which was misconceived as liver abscess and not improved by medical treatment.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Liver
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Liver Abscess
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Liver Neoplasms
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article