Atypical presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma: A mass on the left thoracic wall

BMC Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Çoban, Şahin ^a   Yüksel, Osman ^b   Köklü, Seyfettin ^b   Ceyhan, Koray ^a   Baykara, Meltem ^a   Dökmeci, Abdulkadir ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Türkiye Yksek Ihtisas Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axilla; Chest wall; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Metastases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX WALL; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; THORAX TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 13144286425     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-4-89     Document Type: Article

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