Splenic hilar mass with pain, diarrhoea and sweating: can it be malignant?

• Main Authors: Hamizi MH, Sandrasecra S, Firdaus Hayati, Nornazirah Azizan, Mahamad Dom SA, Chuah JA
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RD Surgery
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29982/1/Splenic%20Hilar%20Mass%20With%20Pain%2C%20Diarrhoea%20and%20Sweating_%20Can%20It%20Be%20Malignant%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29982/2/Splenic%20Hilar%20Mass%20With%20Pain%2C%20Diarrhoea%20and%20Sweating_%20Can%20It%20Be%20Malignant%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29982/; http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/sites/medicineandhealthukm.com/files/article/2019/32_ms0292_pdf_20730.pdf; https://doi.org/10.17576/MH.2019.1401.32
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

A 37-year-old lady with no known comorbidity complained of left hypochondrial pain for 6 months duration. It was associated with loss of weight and appetite with occasional carcinoid symptoms such as diarrhoea and sweating. She had no blood transfusion before. Clinically, she has no features of thal...