Hepatocellular carcinoma with spontaneous regression of multiple lung metastases

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 893-897

  Toyoda, Hiroshi ^a   Sugimura, Satoru ^a   Fukuda, Kousei ^a   Mabuchi, Tateo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA KYOKUTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Lung metastasis; Spontaneously regression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NECROSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032705480     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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