A Curious Case of Vanishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Spontaneous regression of HCC is rare with few documented cases in literature. The mechanism of this phenomenon is unknown, but tumor hypoxia and systemic inflammatory response have been suggested as...

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Autores principales: Kwei-Nsoro, Robert, Attar, Bashar, Ojemolon, Pius E, Annor, Eugene N, Go, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10625688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37933367
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46576
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author Kwei-Nsoro, Robert
Attar, Bashar
Ojemolon, Pius E
Annor, Eugene N
Go, Benjamin
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description Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Spontaneous regression of HCC is rare with few documented cases in literature. The mechanism of this phenomenon is unknown, but tumor hypoxia and systemic inflammatory response have been suggested as possible etiologies. This article aims to shed more light on this rare phenomenon and provides an opportunity to review the proposed pathophysiology of spontaneous HCC regression. In this case report, we describe an interesting case of a 39-year-old male with HCC who underwent spontaneous regression.
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spelling pubmed-106256882023-11-06 A Curious Case of Vanishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Kwei-Nsoro, Robert Attar, Bashar Ojemolon, Pius E Annor, Eugene N Go, Benjamin Cureus Gastroenterology Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Spontaneous regression of HCC is rare with few documented cases in literature. The mechanism of this phenomenon is unknown, but tumor hypoxia and systemic inflammatory response have been suggested as possible etiologies. This article aims to shed more light on this rare phenomenon and provides an opportunity to review the proposed pathophysiology of spontaneous HCC regression. In this case report, we describe an interesting case of a 39-year-old male with HCC who underwent spontaneous regression. Cureus 2023-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10625688/ /pubmed/37933367 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46576 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kwei-Nsoro 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 Gastroenterology
Kwei-Nsoro, Robert
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Ojemolon, Pius E
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Go, Benjamin
A Curious Case of Vanishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
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title_full A Curious Case of Vanishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
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title_full_unstemmed A Curious Case of Vanishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
title_short A Curious Case of Vanishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
title_sort curious case of vanishing hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc)
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10625688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37933367
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46576
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