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Advanced‐stage hepatocellular carcinoma presenting without radiographic liver lesions
Author(s) -
Mupamombe Charles,
Veluvolu Rajesh,
Ahmad Arslan,
Preet Mohan,
Taiwo Evelyn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1480
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , differential diagnosis , radiology , carcinoma , radiography , gastroenterology , pathology , biology , paleontology
Key Clinical Message In patients with known risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma and an elevated AFP , the diagnosis should remain on the differential even in the absence of hepatic lesions. High index of suspicion is needed, and aggressive diagnostic approaches are needed to not miss this entity.

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