Is a single negative core biopsy, clearly obtained from a suspicious lesion in the cirrhotic liver, sufficient to exclude the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma as the cause of the lesion?
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Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 53226.
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*