Case report. Hepatocellular carcinoma with lamellar fibrosis: an important histological variant.
A case of hepatocellular carcinoma with lamellar fibrosis in a young woman is described. This tumour, in contrast to the usual hepatocellular carcinoma, occurs in young adults, is characterized histologically by large polygonal eosinophilic hepatocytes and abundant fibrous stroma, and has a better prognosis. It has been confused with focal nodular hyperplasia.
D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors