title: Synchronous liver cancers: A rare tumor combination in an elderly Japanese woman.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) may occur simultaneously in a person with primary liver cancer However HCC and CC arising from separate foci is extremely rare. This is a case presentation of a 66-year-old woman with primary combined HCC-CC, who had no risk factors for either tumor.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawai'i at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
authors.forename: Dorothy M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shigaki
authors.forename: Ashlee C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nekoba
authors.forename: Jasmine Y H E
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hardman
authors.forename: Jinichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tokeshi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography