A Case of Infiltrative Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion Into the Heart

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world, but this problem is especially significant in low-resource countries where HCC screening recommendations and strategies are limited. We describe a rare complication of newly diagnosed HCC in a patient wi...

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Autores principales: Anugwom, Chimaobi M, Kayandabila, Johnstone, Flanagan, Siobhan, Debes, Jose D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8502105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660063
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17859
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author Anugwom, Chimaobi M
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Debes, Jose D
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description Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world, but this problem is especially significant in low-resource countries where HCC screening recommendations and strategies are limited. We describe a rare complication of newly diagnosed HCC in a patient with untreated hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, underscoring the importance of improving screening strategies and promoting early diagnosis of HCC in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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spelling pubmed-85021052021-10-14 A Case of Infiltrative Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion Into the Heart Anugwom, Chimaobi M Kayandabila, Johnstone Flanagan, Siobhan Debes, Jose D Cureus Internal Medicine Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world, but this problem is especially significant in low-resource countries where HCC screening recommendations and strategies are limited. We describe a rare complication of newly diagnosed HCC in a patient with untreated hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, underscoring the importance of improving screening strategies and promoting early diagnosis of HCC in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cureus 2021-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8502105/ /pubmed/34660063 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17859 Text en Copyright © 2021, Anugwom et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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Anugwom, Chimaobi M
Kayandabila, Johnstone
Flanagan, Siobhan
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A Case of Infiltrative Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion Into the Heart
title A Case of Infiltrative Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion Into the Heart
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title_full_unstemmed A Case of Infiltrative Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion Into the Heart
title_short A Case of Infiltrative Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion Into the Heart
title_sort case of infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma with vascular invasion into the heart
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8502105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660063
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17859
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