A Potentially Misleading Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) typically presents in patients with a chronic liver disease and rarely develops in healthy liver, especially within an accessory liver lobe. We present a case of a healthy 64-years-old woman who showed a serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) value of 226.3 µg/mL during a scree...
Main Authors: | Ottavia De Simoni, Andrea Barina, Mario Gruppo, Antonio Scapinello, Vasileios Mourmouras, Pierluigi Pilati, Boris Franzato |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-08-01
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Series: | Medicina |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/8/850 |
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