Pulmonary embolization as primary manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma with intracardiac penetration: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2357-2359

  Papp, Elod ^a   Keszthelyi, Zsuzsanna ^a   Kalmar, Nagy Karoly ^a   Papp, Lajos ^a   Weninger, Csaba ^a   Tornoczky, Tamas ^a   Kalman, Endre ^a   Toth, Kalman ^a   Habon, Tamas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intracardiac penetration; Pulmonary embolization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CD99 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COR PULMONALE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; SEROLOGY; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 18744414763     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i15.2357     Document Type: Article

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