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Exuberant liver adenomatosis presenting with iron deficiency anemia.

Catarina MotaAna Margarida CarvalhoVálter FonsecaMarisa Teixeira SilvaRui M M Victorino
Published in: Clinical case reports (2017)
Intratumoral or intraperitoneal hemorrhage is a recognized complication of liver adenomatosis. We report a case of multifocal massive liver adenomatosis presenting as chronic iron deficiency anemia. Clinicians' awareness about this atypical presentation not highlighted in the literature is important to allow timely diagnosis and surgical intervention to prevent fatal complications.
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