1. Advanced‐stage hepatocellular carcinoma presenting without radiographic liver lesions
- Author
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Arslan Ahmad, Charles T. Mupamombe, Mohan Preet, Rajesh Veluvolu, and Evelyn Taiwo
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Gastrointestinal bleeding ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Radiography ,High index ,Advanced stage ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,Case Reports ,medicine.disease ,gastrointestinal hemorrhage ,digestive system diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Text mining ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Hepatocellular carcinoma ,medicine ,metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,In patient ,Radiology ,Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma ,business - Abstract
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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- 2018