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Erythrocythemia in Primary Carcinoma of the LiverA Case Report
MIGUEL A. ESCOBAR, M.D.;
FRANK E. TROBAUGH, JR., M.D.
Arch Intern Med. 1962;110(3):339-344.
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It is well recognized that erythrocythemia may be associated with renal tumors,1 brain tumors,2,3 and uterine fibroids.4-8 In 1958, McFadzean9 reported 17 cases of erythrocythemia in 176 patients with hepatocarcinoma but provided no detailed findings in individual patients.
During 1961 there were 2 more reports of erythrocythemia accompanying hepatocarcinoma. One was a further report by McFadzean and associates,10 and the other described a single case of this association.11
We have observed the development of erythrocythemia in a patient with carcinoma of the liver and should like to record our findings.
Report of a Case
A 52-year-old Negro man had been very weak for 3 days and incontinent of urine and feces for 2 days, and so he was admitted to the Presbyterian Hospital. This was his fifth admission.
Past History.—
He had pneumonia at the ages of 8 and 22 years. A right inguinal
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Author Affiliations
CHICAGO
Research Fellow, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois (Dr. Escobar).; Director, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois (Dr. Trobaugh).
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb. 14, 1962, accepted for publication May 4, 1962.
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