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Hematoma Disguised as Cancer
Hematomas are often associated with benign processes such as sport-related injuries, postsurgical complications, and medications such as blood thinners. Rarely, hematomas can occur spontaneously without any identifiable cause or recollection of an inciting event. Such events can lead to inaccurately...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10307931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398808 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39665 |
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author | Garfinkel, Alec Nagourney, Alex Larson, Michael C |
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description | Hematomas are often associated with benign processes such as sport-related injuries, postsurgical complications, and medications such as blood thinners. Rarely, hematomas can occur spontaneously without any identifiable cause or recollection of an inciting event. Such events can lead to inaccurately diagnosing a patient, which could delay or alter treatment and worsen the patient’s prognosis. This patient reported sudden-onset abdominal pain with radiation to her back and denied any recent medication use or trauma while at home. The case highlights the key radiographic findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound to eventually confirm an obscure case of hepatocellular carcinoma and help guide management. |
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spelling | pubmed-103079312023-06-30 Hematoma Disguised as Cancer Garfinkel, Alec Nagourney, Alex Larson, Michael C Cureus Medical Education Hematomas are often associated with benign processes such as sport-related injuries, postsurgical complications, and medications such as blood thinners. Rarely, hematomas can occur spontaneously without any identifiable cause or recollection of an inciting event. Such events can lead to inaccurately diagnosing a patient, which could delay or alter treatment and worsen the patient’s prognosis. This patient reported sudden-onset abdominal pain with radiation to her back and denied any recent medication use or trauma while at home. The case highlights the key radiographic findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound to eventually confirm an obscure case of hepatocellular carcinoma and help guide management. Cureus 2023-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10307931/ /pubmed/37398808 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39665 Text en Copyright © 2023, Garfinkel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Medical Education Garfinkel, Alec Nagourney, Alex Larson, Michael C Hematoma Disguised as Cancer |
title | Hematoma Disguised as Cancer |
title_full | Hematoma Disguised as Cancer |
title_fullStr | Hematoma Disguised as Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Hematoma Disguised as Cancer |
title_short | Hematoma Disguised as Cancer |
title_sort | hematoma disguised as cancer |
topic | Medical Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10307931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398808 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39665 |
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