Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carsinoma ＂It is not a Ordinary Case for Mediterranean Countries

Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carsinoma ＂It is not a Ordinary Case for Mediterranean Countries

The fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an uncommon tumour with distinctive clinical and histological features. Although the first case of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FI-HCC) was described by Edmondson in 1956, and later confirmed in five patients by Peters, the ma...

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Published in:HPB Surgery Vol. 1995; no. 1; pp. j51 - 53
Main Authors: Arslan, Ismail, Öner, Köksal, Kiliffturgay, Sadik, Agar, Nihat, Alpaslan, Fahrettin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limiteds 1995
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Subjects:
fibrolamellar carcinoma
Hepatoma
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Summary:The fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an uncommon tumour with distinctive clinical and histological features. Although the first case of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FI-HCC) was described by Edmondson in 1956, and later confirmed in five patients by Peters, the majority of reports followed those of Berman et al. and Craig et al.^(1,2). A case of FI-HCC, which is rarely diagnosed in Mediterranean countries including Turkey, is presented in the following report.
ISSN:0894-8569
1607-8462
DOI:10.1155/1995/63128