Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as pyogenic liver abscess: Characteristics, diagnosis, and management

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1224-1226

  Yen, Ta Sen ^a,b   Jan, Yi Yin ^a   Jeng, Long Bin ^a   Chen, Tse Ching ^a   Hwang, Tsang Long ^a   Chen, Miin Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0031902745     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520290     Document Type: Article

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