Hepatocellular carcinoma with a central scar and a scalloped tumor margin resembling focal nodular hyperplasia in macroscopic appearance

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 587-591

  Yamamoto, Masakazu ^a   Ariizumi, Shyunichi ^a   Yoshitoshi, Kenji ^a   Saito, Akiko ^a   Nakano, Masayuki ^b   Takasaki, Ken ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central scar; Fibrolamellar hepatocellalar carcinoma; Focal nodular hyperplasia; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845233556     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20615     Document Type: Article

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