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Differentiation of metastatic follicular thyroid cancer from hepatocellular carcinoma using Hep Par 1
Author(s) -
Mullin Emma J,
Metcalfe Matthew S,
Maddern Guy J
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.03379.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , pathology , carcinoma , lung , thyroid , nodule (geology) , gastrointestinal tract , paleontology , biology
Hepatocellular carcinoma usually arises in a cirrhotic liver. Multiple hepatic nodules in a non‐cirrhotic liver are more likely to be metastatic. The primary focus commonly arises from the gastrointestinal tract, breast or lung, but in the absence of these a primary liver pathology must be considered. The case is reported of a middle‐aged woman presenting with multiple nodules on computed tomography with no clinically apparent primary for whom results of initial diagnostic investigations were potentially misleading.

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