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Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cancer all over the world. It demonstrates a tendency for vascular invasion, producing extensive intrahepatic metastases and portal vein or inferior vena cava extension. Tumor spread of abdominal diseases via hepatic ligaments has also been reported. The au...

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Autor principal: AlShabyli, Nayef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4119460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25120882
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.169.3794
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description Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cancer all over the world. It demonstrates a tendency for vascular invasion, producing extensive intrahepatic metastases and portal vein or inferior vena cava extension. Tumor spread of abdominal diseases via hepatic ligaments has also been reported. The author reports a rare case of HCC invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles and protruding into the subcutaneous fat.
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spelling pubmed-41194602014-08-12 Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles AlShabyli, Nayef Pan Afr Med J Case Report Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cancer all over the world. It demonstrates a tendency for vascular invasion, producing extensive intrahepatic metastases and portal vein or inferior vena cava extension. Tumor spread of abdominal diseases via hepatic ligaments has also been reported. The author reports a rare case of HCC invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles and protruding into the subcutaneous fat. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4119460/ /pubmed/25120882 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.169.3794 Text en © Nayef AlShabyli et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. 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 work is properly cited.
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Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles
title Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles
title_full Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles
title_fullStr Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles
title_full_unstemmed Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles
title_short Unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles
title_sort unusual presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma invading the anterior abdominal wall muscles
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4119460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25120882
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.169.3794
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