Presentation of unknown primary cancer with metastatic liver disease--management and natural history.
Initial blind liver biopsy established a histological diagnosis of metastatic cancer in 27 out of 34 patients who presented with clinical signs of liver metastases and no obvious primary tumour. Twenty-two of the patients had metastatic adenocarcinoma, and a primary tumour site was identified before death in only four patients.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged