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ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2017

Mastalgia as an atypical presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report.

AbdulAziz Mohammad Al-Sharydah, Abdulrhman Hamad Al-Abdulwahhab, Ibrahim Abobaker Alghnimi, Mohammed A El Shawarby, Faisal Ahmad Katbi

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Article in World journal of surgical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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AbdulAziz Mohammad Al-SharydahDepartment of Radiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, P.O. Box 4398, 31952, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. amsharydah@uod.edu.sa.
Abdulrhman Hamad Al-AbdulwahhabDepartment of Radiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, P.O. Box 4398, 31952, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim Abobaker AlghnimiDepartment of Radiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, P.O. Box 4398, 31952, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed A El ShawarbyDepartment of Pathology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal Ahmad KatbiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAKing Fahd Hospital of the University · SA

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Abstract

backgroundAs the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) diagnoses in Saudi Arabia has recently increased due to better diagnostic techniques, the incidence of diagnosed HCC metastasis has also increased. Here, we report a case of HCC metastasis to the rib with an initially atypical presentation of mastalgia caused by extrahepatic metastasis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 31-year-old woman with a prior hepatitis B viral infection presented with a mass in the left breast accompanied by mastalgia for a 6-month duration. The patient's liver enzymes were elevated, and her serum α-fetoprotein level was particularly high. Computed tomography of her chest and abdomen showed a soft-tissue mass adhering to the upper chest wall, rib deterioration, and multiple hepatic lesions. A needle biopsy was immunohistochemically analyzed for Glypican-3, Pan-CK, and CK7 and was confirmed to be metastatic HCC.

conclusionsThis metastatic HCC case is unique because it initially presented as mastalgia. We should consider the possibility of metastatic disease when assessing patients with unusual presentations who have risk factors for metastatic carcinoma.

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AdultCarcinoma, HepatocellularDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMastodyniaPrognosisBone metastasisExtrahepaticLiver cancerMetastatic hepatocellular carcinoma

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