Hepatocellular carcinoma arising in the abdominal cavity. An autopsy case of ectopic liver origin
| Autor: | Masayoshi Mai, Akishi Ooi, Tokuji Kitamura, Ei Kawahara, Tomomi Ogino, Hiroshi Ueda, Isao Nakanishi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Carcinoma Hepatocellular Exploratory laparotomy medicine.medical_treatment Abdominal cavity Choristoma Pathology and Forensic Medicine Lesion Peritoneum Ascites medicine Humans Radionuclide Imaging Staining and Labeling business.industry Liver Neoplasms General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Ectopic liver Primary tumor digestive system diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Liver Hepatocellular carcinoma Abdominal Neoplasms Radiology alpha-Fetoproteins medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Acta pathologica japonica. 38(12) |
| ISSN: | 0001-6632 |
| Popis: | An unusual case of extrahepatic disseminating hepatocellular carcinoma in a 64-year-old man is reported. The initial symptom was abdominal fullness and progressive ascites. Alpha-fetoprotein in the serum was 117,000 ng/ml. Exploratory laparotomy disclosed dissemination of tumor nodules throughout the abdominal cavity without any other possible primary tumor. CT scan, ultrasonography and hepatic angiography were unable to detect any tumor lesion in the liver. The final histologic diagnosis was hepatocellular carcinoma, although at first epithelioid mesothelioma was suspected. The present case of hepatocellular carcinoma was thought to have possibly developed from ectopic liver on the peritoneum. ACTA PATHOL JPN 38: 1575-1581, 1988. |
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