Synchronous hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma arising in two different dysplastic nodules

Modern Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1096-1101

  Kwon, Youngmee ^a   Kyu Lee, Seung ^a   Kim, Jung Sun ^a   Ro, Jae Y ^a   Yu, Eunsil ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Dysplastic nodule; Hepatic progenitor cells; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 7; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 0036792580     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000027622.74779.AE     Document Type: Article

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