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

• Main Authors: João Augusto dos Santos Martines (Author), Brenda Margatho Ramos Martines (Author), Daniel Gonçalves Leal Araújo (Author), Fabiana Roberto Lima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...