Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence as Isolated Adrenal Metastasis
Hepatocellular carcinoma is the sixth most common cancer in the Western world. The most frequent sites of metastasis are lungs, lymph nodes, and bones. Risk factors for extrahepatic metastasis are advanced intrahepatic lesions, vascular invasion, elevated tumor markers, and viral hepatitis. Isolated...
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Veröffentlicht in: | ACG case reports journal 2023, Vol.10 (6), p.e01065-e01065 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Hepatocellular carcinoma is the sixth most common cancer in the Western world. The most frequent sites of metastasis are lungs, lymph nodes, and bones. Risk factors for extrahepatic metastasis are advanced intrahepatic lesions, vascular invasion, elevated tumor markers, and viral hepatitis. Isolated metachronous adrenal metastasis occurring after liver transplantation is exceedingly rare. |
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ISSN: | 2326-3253 2326-3253 |
DOI: | 10.14309/crj.0000000000001065 |