title: Hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia involving the liver.
abstract: A relationship between hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia has been reported. This is a case of a 75-year-old woman with stable chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, not on treatment with an increased activity of serum alkaline phosphatase and negative liver disease work up. A liver biopsy revealed leukaemic infiltration without evidence of cirrhosis or fatty liver. Four years later, she presented with a rapidly progressive liver mass which was diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma histologically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ezigbo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sy
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA Division of Hematology and Oncology, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Popescu-Martinez
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Noella
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boma
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Nora V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Bergasa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*