HEPATOMA: CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH A FREQUENTLY BIZARRE TUMOR

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Article1 April 1961HEPATOMA: CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH A FREQUENTLY BIZARRE TUMORERNEST J. BENNER, M.D., DANIEL H. LABBY, M.D., F.A.C.P.ERNEST J. BENNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DANIEL H. LABBY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-4-620 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptClassic descriptions of primary liver cancer suggest that it presents most often with symptoms such as progressive emaciation, physical deterioration, pain in the right upper quadrant, an enlarging nodular liver, jaundice, and ascites in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis. There is infrequent emphasis in the literature on the protean and polymorphic nature of this tumor which, because of the anatomic opportunity offered by the liver, may present in a number of bizarre clinical forms. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ERNEST J. BENNER, M.D.; DANIEL H. LABBY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Portland, Oregon*Received for publication July 27, 1960.From the Department of Medicine, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland 1, Oregon.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Daniel H. Labby, M.D., F.A.C.P., University of Oregon Medical School, 3181 S. W. Sam Jackson Park Road., Portland 1, Oregon. 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