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  • Title: Abdominal pain: do not forget Thorotrast!
    Author: Weber E, Laarbaui F, Michel L, Donckier J.
    Journal: Postgrad Med J; 1995 Jun; 71(836):367-8. PubMed ID: 7644401.
    Abstract:
    The use of Thorotrast (25% thorium dioxide), a radiologic contrast agent used up until the mid-1950s, was associated with a wide range of malignancies, mainly of hepatic origin. We report a case of Thorotrast-induced hepatocarcinoma in an 82-year-old woman.
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