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8897683

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
We report herein the case of a 65-year-old man with cirrhosis of the liver in whom a portal vein thrombus was found to be the cause of a marked elevation in serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). The patient presented with fever and abdominal pain, and a diagnostic work-up revealed a liver mass and an increased serum AFP concentration of 91,000 ng/ml. The mass gradually regressed, and the AFP concentration simultaneously decreased to 163 ng/ml. However, because hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) could not be ruled out, a partial hepatectomy was performed. Histological examination of the resected specimen revealed a thrombus of the portal vein surrounded by the fibrosis associated with liver cirrhosis, but no neoplastic lesion was found. Thus, portal thrombus associated with liver cirrhosis might induce an extremely high level of AFP production.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
818-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
High serum alpha-fetoprotein concentration associated with pseudoinfarction of a cirrhotic liver: report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports