[A case of HBs antigen negative hepatocellular carcinoma without liver cirrhosis in a young woman].
A 27-year-old woman, post parturition, was admitted to hospital because of epigastric pain. Ultrasonography and abdominal computerized tomography revealed a giant mass in the left lobe of the liver. Celiac angiography showed a hypervascular mass with irregular vascularity. Serum HBs antigen proved negative. A left hepatic lobectomy was performed in March, 1985. Histology of the tumor revealed the trabecular type of a hepatocellular carcinoma with Edmondson grade 2 atypism, whereas the non-cancerous region of the liver showed chronic inactive hepatitis. This case is presented, because of the rarity of a hepatocellular carcinoma developing in such a young patient. In addition, reported cases of a hepatocellular carcinoma in the young in Japan are reviewed.
Yamasaki
K
K
2nd Dept. of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki Univ. School of Med.
Imanishi
T
T
Nishihata
S
S
Kamiya
N
N
Hayashida
K
K
Kubo
K
K
Mizuta
Y
Y
Iwanaga
S
S
Murata
I
I
Makiyama
K
K
D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens