[Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma: a clinical report with paraneoplastic hyperthyroidism (apropos of a case)]

Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 1989;19(3):155-64.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The case of a 17 years old female patient with fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma and several paraneoplastic signs is reported. The clinical picture was hyperthyroidism like; subsequently metastasis lesions in lungs and muscular tissue (gluteal region) developed. Hyperthyroidism as clinical picture has been reported only once before us for the available literature reveals.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Buttocks
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / blood
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperthyroidism / etiology
  • Liver Neoplasms / blood
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes*
  • Thyroid Hormones / blood

Substances

  • Thyroid Hormones