title: Fibrolamellar carcinoma: distinctive clinical and morphologic variant of hepatoma.
abstract: We present two cases of fibrolamellar carcinoma. Because of its usual presentation as a solitary mass in the noncirrhotic liver of a young girl, this tumor is likely to be mistaken clinically for a benign lesion. Its microscopic appearance is unique and easily separated from other types of hepatocellular carcinoma, an important distinction because of the better prognosis of fibrolamellar carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation