Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Coughing is a very common condition, accounting for frequent visits in general practice. In this case report, we found the cause of persisting cough to be hepatocellular carcinoma, located in close proximity to the diaphragm. After the tumor had been treated with chemoembolization the coughing disap...

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Autores principales: Sandahl, O.G., Hilberg, O., Rasmussen, F., Løkke, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.04.013
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author Sandahl, O.G.
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description Coughing is a very common condition, accounting for frequent visits in general practice. In this case report, we found the cause of persisting cough to be hepatocellular carcinoma, located in close proximity to the diaphragm. After the tumor had been treated with chemoembolization the coughing disappeared. After the common causes for persistent cough has been ruled out, the clinician could consider other, rarer, conditions as the cause of the coughing, including affection of the diaphragm.
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spelling pubmed-60106662018-07-05 Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma Sandahl, O.G. Hilberg, O. Rasmussen, F. Løkke, A. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Coughing is a very common condition, accounting for frequent visits in general practice. In this case report, we found the cause of persisting cough to be hepatocellular carcinoma, located in close proximity to the diaphragm. After the tumor had been treated with chemoembolization the coughing disappeared. After the common causes for persistent cough has been ruled out, the clinician could consider other, rarer, conditions as the cause of the coughing, including affection of the diaphragm. Elsevier 2018-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6010666/ /pubmed/29977773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.04.013 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma
title Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma
title_full Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma
title_fullStr Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma
title_short Persistent cough - A rare presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.04.013
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