Management dilemma of hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy: a case report

Awuku, Yaw Asante; Amoako, Emmanuella; Oduro-Donkor, Dominic; Adu, Joseph

dc.contributor.author	Awuku, Yaw Asante
dc.contributor.author	Amoako, Emmanuella
dc.contributor.author	Oduro-Donkor, Dominic
dc.contributor.author	Adu, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-19T12:10:04Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-19T12:10:04Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.issn	1937-8688
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9720
dc.description.abstract	Hepatocellular carcinoma is rarely associated with pregnancy and when it does there is poor prognosis for both the mother and the baby There is paucity of evidence for best practice in hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy especially in the background of cirrhosis and decompensation. We present a 36-year-old gravida 5 para 4 at 27 weeks gestation with hepatocellular carcinoma and main complaint of abdominal pain. She had chronic hepatitis B infection with hepatocellular carcinoma on a cirrhotic background. There were both clinical and laboratory features suggestive of liver decompensation. The pregnancy outcome was a fresh stillbirth with mother alive. This case report highlights the management dilemma of hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy on the background of decompensated liver cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B infection	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Pan African Medical Journal	en_US
dc.subject	Pregnancy	en_US
dc.subject	Hepatocellular carcinoma	en_US
dc.subject	Chronic hepatitis B infection	en_US
dc.title	Management dilemma of hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy: a case report	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US