A 19-Year-Old Woman With Pulmonary and Vertebral Lesions Suggestive of Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Aydin, Yener; Ogul, Hayri; Cakir, Murteza · Chest · 2026

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 19-year-old woman presented with low back pain and dyspnea that had begun approximately 3 months earlier, with low back pain progressively worsening since onset. The patient has no significant medical history or recurrent respiratory conditions. She was residing in a rural village located in Ağrı Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey, inhabited by approximately 30 families. Sheep and cattle breeding were the main agricultural activities in this village. She had spent her entire life in the same area without any domestic or international travel.

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