Hepatocellular carcinoma arising in a focus of multilobular adenoma. A case report.
This report presents a case of hepatocellular carcinoma arising in a large multilobulated adenoma in the noncirrhotic liver of a 29-year-old woman. This unusual case demonstrates the potential for a benign proliferative process in the liver to evolve into a malignant neoplasm.
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Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*