[A case of hepatocellular carcinoma combined with liver abscess].
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.
Yeom
Ju Ok
JO
Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Yoon
Seung Bae
SB
Kim
Jae Gyung
JG
Oh
Jung Hwan
JH
Jeon
Eun Jung
EJ
Jeong
Jeong Jo
JJ
Choi
Sang Wook
SW
Lee
Seong
S
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