A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old Female
A 17-year-old Hispanic female presented to our hospital with complaints of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. Physical exam was positive for hepatomegaly. Abdominal computed tomography showed multiple hypoechoic liver masses. Liver biopsy was done, which was diagnostic for he...
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| author | Nwabundo Nwankwo Aram Barbaryan Alaa M. Ali Aibek E. Mirrakhimov |
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| description | A 17-year-old Hispanic female presented to our hospital with complaints of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. Physical exam was positive for hepatomegaly. Abdominal computed tomography showed multiple hypoechoic liver masses. Liver biopsy was done, which was diagnostic for hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-716d1449122c4318a173f4470baa9a032025-02-03T06:11:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362013-01-01201310.1155/2013/597196597196A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old FemaleNwabundo Nwankwo0Aram Barbaryan1Alaa M. Ali2Aibek E. Mirrakhimov3Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, 2900 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60657, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, 2900 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60657, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, 2900 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60657, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, 2900 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60657, USAA 17-year-old Hispanic female presented to our hospital with complaints of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. Physical exam was positive for hepatomegaly. Abdominal computed tomography showed multiple hypoechoic liver masses. Liver biopsy was done, which was diagnostic for hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/597196 |
| spellingShingle | Nwabundo Nwankwo Aram Barbaryan Alaa M. Ali Aibek E. Mirrakhimov A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old Female Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old Female |
| title_full | A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old Female |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old Female |
| title_short | A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old Female |
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