Spontaneous complete necrosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report.
Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rare. We found spontaneous regression of HCC in a 53-year-old Chinese with liver cirrhosis. A liver mass 3 cm in diameter was revealed by B-ultrasonography. The resected mass showed histologically complete necrosis. The necrotic tissue was filled with large debris from a neoplastic tissue, regardless of no viable tumor cells were seen among them. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient is alive and well for 4 years after surgery.
Li
Ai-Jun
AJ
Eastern Hospital of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China. liaijun172@163.com
Wu
Meng-Chao
MC
Cong
Wen-Ming
WM
Shen
Feng
F
Yi
Bing
B
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology*