Ectopic liver and hepatocarcinogenesis: Report of three cases with four years' follow-up

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 731-735

  Leone, Nicola ^a   De Paolis, Paolo ^a   Carrera, Monica ^a   Carucci, Patrizia ^a   Musso, Alessandro ^a   David, Ezio ^a   Brunello, Franco ^a   Fronda, Gian Ruggero ^a   Rizzetto, Mario ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Ectopic liver; Liver neoplasm; Pedunculated hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHORISTOMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043056682     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000131044.05434.f7     Document Type: Article

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