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Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report

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    • Zongquan Xu
    • Chen Yu
    • Shufang Wang
    • Guohui Xu
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    Affiliations: Department of Hepatic Oncology, Jiangxi Province Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330029, P.R. China, Department of Bone Oncology, Jiangxi Province Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330029, P.R. China
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Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the conventional treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but few studies to date have demonstrated the use of TACE as an examination method for uneasily detected HCC. The present study describes an unusual case of HCC with TACE as an examination method. A 41‑year‑old male presented with an elevated α‑fetoprotein level (AFP) of 3,635 ng/ml, however, no tumor lesions were detected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) or digital subtraction angiography. During TACE treatment, two tumor lesions of ~0.5 and 0.8 cm were revealed in the right liver lobe, with no tumors in the left liver lobe. A month after TACE, a liver CT scan found 11 lesions (8 in the right liver lobe and 3 in the left liver lobe). The HCC patient's AFP levels decreased to an almost normal level following the TACE treatment. This study provokes consideration of the application of TACE in the diagnosis and treatment of HCC patients with liver lesions that are hard to detect by conventional means.
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Xu Z, Yu C, Wang S and Xu G: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report. Oncol Lett 10: 1759-1762, 2015.
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Xu, Z., Yu, C., Wang, S., & Xu, G. (2015). Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report. Oncology Letters, 10, 1759-1762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3446
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Xu, Z., Yu, C., Wang, S., Xu, G."Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report". Oncology Letters 10.3 (2015): 1759-1762.
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Xu, Z., Yu, C., Wang, S., Xu, G."Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report". Oncology Letters 10, no. 3 (2015): 1759-1762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3446
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Xu Z, Yu C, Wang S and Xu G: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report. Oncol Lett 10: 1759-1762, 2015.
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Xu, Z., Yu, C., Wang, S., & Xu, G. (2015). Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report. Oncology Letters, 10, 1759-1762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3446
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Xu, Z., Yu, C., Wang, S., Xu, G."Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report". Oncology Letters 10.3 (2015): 1759-1762.
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Xu, Z., Yu, C., Wang, S., Xu, G."Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization as an examination method for hepatocellular carcinoma undetected by B‑mode ultrasound, computed tomography and digital subtratcion angiography: A case report". Oncology Letters 10, no. 3 (2015): 1759-1762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3446
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