TY  - JOUR
T1  - Remarkable alpha-fetoprotein elevation and pseudo-infarction of cirrhotic liver: case report
AU  - Elghannam, Maged Tharwat
AU  - Hassanien, Moataz Hassan
AU  - Ameen, Yosry Abdelrahman
AU  - ELattar, Gamal Mohammed
AU  - ELRay, Ahmed Aly
AU  - ELTalkawy, Mohammed Darwish
Y1  - 2024///
JO  - Exploration of Digestive Diseases
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
SP  - 86
EP  - 91
DO  - 10.37349/edd.2024.00041
UR  - https://www.explorationpub.com/Journals/edd/Article/100541
AB  - This is a case of remarkable alpha-fetoprotein in a female patient with known cryptogenic liver cirrhosis. Both ultrasound and triphasic computed tomography (CT) abdomen cannot diagnose or exclude hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It turns out to be a case of portal vein thrombosis and hepatic pseudo-infarction. It is better to postpone the therapeutic intervention, whether surgical or chemotherapeutic, in cases not confirmed to be HCC for at least 3 months to avoid misdiagnosis of hepatic pseudo-infarction.
ER  -