Ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma arising in the left chest wall: A long-term follow-up

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 873-875

  Asselah, Tarik ^a   Condat, Bertrand ^a   Cazals Hatem, Dominique ^a   Hassani, Zaïr ^a   Bernuau, Jacques ^a   Groussard, Odile ^a   Mussot, Sacha ^a   Lesèche, Guy ^a   Marcellin, Patrick ^a   Erlinger, Serge ^a   Valla, Dominique ^a  

^a Service d Hépatologie   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic hepatitis C; Ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma; Ectopic liver; Imaging; Keywords; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHORISTOMA; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034959464     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200107000-00018     Document Type: Article

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