Clinical Case of Liver Abscess as A Manifestation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma is between the first ten most common cancers in the world, and its incidence is predicted to increase.In this case report we present a 68 years old man who had type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension without adequate adherence to treatment.He started 15 days before getting admitted to the hospital with fever, abdominal pain located at the upper right quadrant and weight loss.He had some risk factors associated with liver abscess, therefore he was treated with multiple antibiotics but without adequate response.After performing imaging studies, a liver biopsy was performed and it was diagnosed as an abscessed hepatocellular tumor, classified as a Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Barcelona C.