Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach with liver metastasis mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lin, Chih Wen ^a   Hsu, Chia Chang ^a   Chang, Hong Cheng ^a   Sun, Yu Chiun ^a   Sun, Po Lin ^a   Hsu, Chuan Yan ^a   Perng, Daw Shyong ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MITOMYCIN C;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOID ADENOCARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77953395398     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6317     Document Type: Article

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