Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting Simultaneously with Echinococcal Cyst Mimicking a Single Liver Lesion in a Non-Cirrhotic Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kovač, J.D.; Mitrović, M.; Janković, A.; Andrejević, M.; Bogdanović, A.; Zdujić, P.; Đinđić, U.; Dugalić, V. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting Simultaneously with Echinococcal Cyst Mimicking a Single Liver Lesion in a Non-Cirrhotic Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071583
Kovač JD, Mitrović M, Janković A, Andrejević M, Bogdanović A, Zdujić P, Đinđić U, Dugalić V. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting Simultaneously with Echinococcal Cyst Mimicking a Single Liver Lesion in a Non-Cirrhotic Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(7):1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071583
Chicago/Turabian StyleKovač, Jelena Djokić, Milica Mitrović, Aleksandra Janković, Marko Andrejević, Aleksandar Bogdanović, Predrag Zdujić, Uroš Đinđić, and Vladimir Dugalić. 2022. "Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting Simultaneously with Echinococcal Cyst Mimicking a Single Liver Lesion in a Non-Cirrhotic Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature" Diagnostics 12, no. 7: 1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071583
APA StyleKovač, J. D., Mitrović, M., Janković, A., Andrejević, M., Bogdanović, A., Zdujić, P., Đinđić, U., & Dugalić, V. (2022). Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting Simultaneously with Echinococcal Cyst Mimicking a Single Liver Lesion in a Non-Cirrhotic Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Diagnostics, 12(7), 1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071583