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Abdomen, acute
The abrupt (acute) onset of abdominal pain. A potential medical emergency, an acute abdomen may reflect a major problem with one of the organs in the abdomen such as the appendix (being inflamed = appendicitis), the gallbladder (inflamed =…
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- Hepatocarcinoma Carcinoma (a form of cancer) that originates in liver cells. Hepatocarcinoma is better known today as…
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