[A fibrolamellar variety of hepatocarcinoma in a young woman 17 years old].
We report here the case of a 17-year-old female with typical fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, no hepatitis B or C viral infection and a normal, non-cirrhotic liver. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a solid tumor with a central fibrous scar. A fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy of unknown etiology, without cirrhosis, usually without an increase in tumor markers, and rarely associated with hepatitis B virus. It occurs mainly in young patients. This tumor presents a high resectability rate (48-100%), a good prognosis and a mean survival of 68 months. This tumor is an important differential diagnosis of space occupying lesions in younger adults.
Téllez-Zenteno
J F
JF
Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F.
Hernández-Ronquillo
L
L
Tapia-Rangel
B
B
Garduño-Espinosa
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor