Early hepatocellular carcinoma macroscopically resembling adenomatous hyperplasia: Pathological resemblance to carcinoma-in-situ

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-59

  Wakasa, Kenichi ^a   Haba, Tomoko ^a   Hamada, Tomomi ^a   Sasaki, Masaomi ^a   Sakurai, Masami ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

early hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatoma; precancerous condition

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031019406     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04434.x     Document Type: Article

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