1. Remarkable alpha-fetoprotein elevation and pseudo-infarction of cirrhotic liver: case report
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Maged Tharwat Elghannam, Moataz Hassan Hassanien, Yosry Abdelrahman Ameen, Gamal Mohammed ELattar, Ahmed Aly ELRay, and Mohammed Darwish ELTalkawy
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remarkable alpha-fetoprotein elevation ,portal vein thrombosis ,liver cirrhosis ,liver pseudo-infarction ,case report ,Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology ,RC799-869 - Abstract
This is a case of remarkable alpha-fetoprotein in a female patient with known cryptogenic liver cirrhosis. Both ultrasound and triphasic computed tomography (CT) abdomen cannot diagnose or exclude hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It turns out to be a case of portal vein thrombosis and hepatic pseudo-infarction. It is better to postpone the therapeutic intervention, whether surgical or chemotherapeutic, in cases not confirmed to be HCC for at least 3 months to avoid misdiagnosis of hepatic pseudo-infarction.
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- 2024
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