Hepatocellular carcinoma with a "nodule-in-nodule" appearance reflecting an unusual dilated pseudoglandular structure

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1215-1218

  Ishida, Yusuke ^a   Nagamatsu, Hiroaki ^b   Koga, Hironori ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^b   Kojiro, Masamichi ^c   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yame General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Yanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiation; Liver cancer; Nodule in nodule; Pseudogland; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 49649095714     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0640     Document Type: Article

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