Fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma--report of a Chinese patient.
Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma is rare. By chance, a Chinese woman detected a mass in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. Ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a solid tumor with a central fibrous scar locating at the posterior inferior subsegment of the right hepatic lobe. The tumor was successfully resected and histopathological examination revealed a fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. Our case shows that fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma may also occur in Chinese as well as in Japanese and Westerners.
Yuan
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Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yuan
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Shiou
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Tseng
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Yau
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D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis