A patient with hepatocellular carcinoma who developed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after corticosteroid treatment

Lung or head and neck cancer have been indicated as solid cancers associated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), but the relationship with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unknown. We report a case of HCC in which the presence of cirrhosis and corticosteroid administration may have caused...

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Autores principales: Sato, Shintaro, Yamada, Sho, Nishizawa, Tomotaka, Oba, Tomohiro, Kawabe, Rie, Yamakawa, Hideaki, Akasaka, Keiichi, Amano, Masako, Matsushima, Hidekazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8353416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4628
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Sumario:Lung or head and neck cancer have been indicated as solid cancers associated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), but the relationship with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unknown. We report a case of HCC in which the presence of cirrhosis and corticosteroid administration may have caused the development of IPA.

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