Hepatic splenosis mimicking HCC in a patient with hepatitis C liver cirrhosis and mildly raised alpha feto protein; the important role of explorative laparoscopy

BACKGROUND: Splenosis is a heterotropic implantation of splenic fragments onto exposed vascularised peritoneal and intrathoracic surfaces, following splenic injury or elective splenectomy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 60 year old cirrhotic patient was referred to us with a hepatic mass, suspected to be HCC...

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Päätekijät: Abu Hilal, M, Harb, A, Zeidan, B, Steadman, B, Primrose, JN, Pearce, NW
Aineistotyyppi: Teksti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: BioMed Central 2009
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Case Report
Linkit:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19123935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-7-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19123935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-7-1

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