A Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Combined with Liver Abscess.
10.4166/kjg.2009.53.6.378
- Author:
Ju Ok YEOM
1
;
Seung Bae YOON
;
Jae Gyung KIM
;
Jung Hwan OH
;
Eun Jung JEON
;
Jeong Jo JEONG
;
Sang Wook CHOI
;
Seong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. swchoi2253@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Carcinoma;
Hepatocellular;
Liver abscess
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/complications/*diagnosis/pathology;
Humans;
Liver/ultrasonography;
Liver Abscess/complications/*diagnosis/pathology;
Liver Neoplasms/complications/*diagnosis/pathology;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2009;53(6):378-382
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hepatocellular calcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. It is important to diagnose HCC exactly before management is attempted. But, the clinical presentations and radiologic findings of liver abscess, HCC, and metastatic tumor to the liver may be quite similar, and procedures such as serum tumor marker assay, computerized tomography, and ultrasonography of the liver cannot make a specific diagnosis. We report a case of HCC successfully diagnosed by surgery which was misconceived as liver abscess and not improved by medical treatment.
