Hematoma induced by thorium dioxide

Journal Article · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1976 · South. Med. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197604000-00041· OSTI ID:7362366

Mann, N S; Chaudhry, A; Thaler, S; Sachdev, A

A 74-year-old man complained of anorexia and weight loss. Twenty-six years earlier he had received an injection of Thorotrast. A needle biopsy of the liver showed thorium dioxide granules and periportal fibrosis. On laparotomy, a hepatoma of the left lobe of the liver was discovered. Hepatic malignancy should be suspected in any patient with abnormal results of liver function tests, particularly an elevated level of alkaline phosphatase, who previously has had an injection of Thorotrast.

• Research Organization: Veterans Administration Hospital, Louisville, KY
• OSTI ID: 7362366
• Journal Information: South. Med. J.; (United States), Vol. 69:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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