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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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The African Field Epidemiology Network
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report AlShabyli, Nayef 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 |
topic | Case Report |
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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