Liver tumor of atypical presentation in images
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https://doi.org/10.47464/MetroCiencia/vol29/1/2021/41-43Keywords:
Hepatocarcinoma, cirrhosis, metastasisAbstract
This manuscript highlights the importance of the different diagnostic methods. In this case, the patient presented clinical symptoms of abdominal pain and the ultrasound showed the presence of a mass in the liver; however, the diagnosis was not easily achieved because there was a disjunctive between the histopathological result of the core biopsy, the serological markers, and the imaging studies. Definitive diagnosis was only possible after total surgical resection of the lesion. Hepatocellular carcinoma has a different tomographic appearance and presents elevated oncological markers in patients with a previous history of liver disease, so the presentation of this form is atypical.
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