Primary hepatocellular carcinoma in ectopic liver and later metastasis to mother liver: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Internal Medicine of Taiwan

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 422-427

  Kuo, Yuan Hung ^a   Wang, Jing Houng ^a,b   Hu, Tsung Hui ^a,b   Lee, Chuan Mo ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma; Tumor rupture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 56249091411     PISSN: 10167390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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