Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma

Hepatocellular carcinoma can is often associated with hepatitis B infection. With localised tumours, liver resection can result in a cure. This case presents an unusual finding of concurrent hepatitis B and liver fluke infection with hepatocellular carcinoma in a 50 year old man from Thailand. The d...

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Autor principal: Ahmadzai, Hasib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010
Materias:
Hepatobiliary Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.8.5
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description Hepatocellular carcinoma can is often associated with hepatitis B infection. With localised tumours, liver resection can result in a cure. This case presents an unusual finding of concurrent hepatitis B and liver fluke infection with hepatocellular carcinoma in a 50 year old man from Thailand. The discussion illustrates difficulties of arriving at a diagnosis and ensuring appropriate surgical management.
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spelling pubmed-36491562013-05-14 Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma Ahmadzai, Hasib J Surg Case Rep Hepatobiliary Surgery Hepatocellular carcinoma can is often associated with hepatitis B infection. With localised tumours, liver resection can result in a cure. This case presents an unusual finding of concurrent hepatitis B and liver fluke infection with hepatocellular carcinoma in a 50 year old man from Thailand. The discussion illustrates difficulties of arriving at a diagnosis and ensuring appropriate surgical management. JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3649156/ /pubmed/24946348 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.8.5 Text en © JSCR
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Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma
title Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma
title_full Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma
title_fullStr Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma
title_short Liver abscess or neoplasm? A diagnostic and surgical dilemma
title_sort liver abscess or neoplasm? a diagnostic and surgical dilemma
topic Hepatobiliary Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.8.5
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