title: Laparoscopic & histological features of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Laparoscopic findings in 17 patients of proven hepatocellular carcinoma are reported. The laparoscopic appearance was of two types viz., solitary mass (in 12) and a multinodular lesion (in 5). Five patients with a solitary lesion involving the right lobe of the liver had associated satellite lesions. There was no evidence of cirrhosis in 8 (47%) patients. Ascites, peritoneal metastasis and splenomegaly were observed in 24, 12 and 17 per cent patients respectively. The commonest histological pattern seen was trabecular (65%) followed by anaplastic (17%), acinar (12%) and fibrolamellar (6%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dasarathy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged