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Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Involving the Liver

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Journal BMJ Case Rep
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2014 Oct 2
PMID 25270155
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Abstract

A relationship between hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia has been reported. This is a case of a 75-year-old woman with stable chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, not on treatment with an increased activity of serum alkaline phosphatase and negative liver disease work up. A liver biopsy revealed leukaemic infiltration without evidence of cirrhosis or fatty liver. Four years later, she presented with a rapidly progressive liver mass which was diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma histologically.

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