title: [A case of hepatocellular carcinoma combined with liver abscess].
abstract: Hepatocellular calcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. It is important to diagnose HCC exactly before management is attempted. But, the clinical presentations and radiologic findings of liver abscess, HCC, and metastatic tumor to the liver may be quite similar, and procedures such as serum tumor marker assay, computerized tomography, and ultrasonography of the liver cannot make a specific diagnosis. We report a case of HCC successfully diagnosed by surgery which was misconceived as liver abscess and not improved by medical treatment.
authors: Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Ju Ok
authors: JO
authors: Yeom
authors: Seung Bae
authors: SB
authors: Yoon
authors: Jae Gyung
authors: JG
authors: Kim
authors: Jung Hwan
authors: JH
authors: Oh
authors: Eun Jung
authors: EJ
authors: Jeon
authors: Jeong Jo
authors: JJ
authors: Jeong
authors: Sang Wook
authors: SW
authors: Choi
authors: Seong
authors: S
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography