Fine needle biopsy of a patent umbilical vein thrombus demonstrates hepatocellular carcinoma.
An umbilical vein thrombosis was shown to be neoplastic by fine needle biopsy. The aspirated material permitted to trace the primary tumor, a hepatocellular carcinoma, not diagnosed by ultrasonography.
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000473:pathology*