Acute abdomen caused by rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma in an adolescent: case report

Hepatocelular carcinoma (HCC ) is not frequent in West Countries, but is one of the most prevalent tumors in Asia and the fifth most common cancer in the world. We present a case of a teenager girl diagnosed with an extremely aggressive HCC without the known risk factors. The patient was admitted in...

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Main Authors: João Augusto dos Santos Martines, Brenda Margatho Ramos Martines, Daniel Gonçalves Leal Araújo, Fabiana Roberto Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2011-06-01
Series:Autopsy and Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/36419