Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 6
Letter
Liver abscess as a atypical presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.9235/2022

Ana Suárez-Saro Fernández, Flor María Fernández-Gordón Sánchez, Carolina Muñoz Codoceo, Álvaro Hidalgo Romero, Inmaculada Fernández Vázquez,

Abstract
We present the case of a 64-year-old male with a history of chronic liver disease due to hepatitis C virus, with a sustained viral response after oral antiviral treatment and without follow-up for 5 years. He was admitted after a one-month history of constitutional symptoms, low-grade fever, abdominal pain and a palpable epigastric tumor. Analysis showed marked elevation of acute phase reactants (48,000 leukocytes and C-reactive protein of 19mg/dl) and dissociated cholestasis. Two lesions were identified by abdominal CT.
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Suárez-Saro Fernández A, Fernández-Gordón Sánchez F, Muñoz Codoceo C, Hidalgo Romero Á, Fernández Vázquez I. Liver abscess as a atypical presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma. 9235/2022


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Publication history

Received: 27/09/2022

Accepted: 19/10/2022

Online First: 10/11/2022

Published: 06/06/2023

Article Online First time: 44 days

Article editing time: 252 days


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