Open AccessGiant liver tumor causing dyspnea upon exertion
Author(s) -
Machairas Nikolaos,
Garoufalia Zoe,
Sotiropoulos Georgios C.
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/ccr3.1586
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , exertion , hepatic tumor , radiology , surgery , intensive care medicine
Key Clinical Message Asymptomatic elevation of the right hemidiaphragm should always raise suspicion of a silent hepatic tumor. Prompt multimodality imaging plays a critical role in the identification of this entity; high clinical suspicion is the key element for diagnosis of a possible hepatic tumor.
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