Abdominal pain: do not forget Thorotrast!
The use of Thorotrast (25% thorium dioxide), a radiologic contrast agent used up until the mid-1950s, was associated with a wide range of malignancies, mainly of hepatic origin. We report a case of Thorotrast-induced hepatocarcinoma in an 82-year-old woman.
Weber
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Division of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, University Hospital of Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Laarbaui
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Michel
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Donckier
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013911:Thorium Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013911:Thorium Dioxide