Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Successful Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus with Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Presenting as Acute Pulmonary Tumor Embolism

Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced cirrhosis is a major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. HCC is an aggressive malignancy in which tumor thrombus can invade portal vein, hepatic veins and inferior vena cava (IVC) in the later stages. Our case brings to attention, HCV patient population...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Habib, Saad, Azam, Mohammed, Siddiqui, Abdul Hasan, Rajdev, Kartikeya, Chalhoub, Michel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2019
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Internal Medicine
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6541161/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31187001
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4336
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