| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000283486 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Moreira, Marlus1 Nicoluzzi, Joao Eduardo Leal2 Caron, Pedro Ernesto |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital Angelina Caron, Servico de Cirurgia Geral, Campina Grande do Sul, Paraná. Brasil 2Hopital Paul Brousse, Centre Hepato-Biliaire, París. Francia |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Season: | Mar-Abr |
| Volumen: | 32 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 104-105 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Fibrolamellar carcinoma of the liver is a distinct variant of hepatocellular carcinoma characterized by the lack of association with cirrhosis or other underlying liver diseases, as hepatitis B virus. The serum alpha-fetoprotein level is often not elevated, occuring typically in young patients. Distinction from conventional hepatocellular carcinoma is of clinical significance, because prognosis is far better due to higher ressecability and more indolent growth. We describe a case of a 26-year-old woman free of other liver diseases presenting with a large abdominal palpable mass. After ressection by vascular exclusion technique, the pathologic examination revealed fibrolamellar carcinoma. The former should not be confused with the hepatocellular carcinoma, since it is related with a more favorable prognosis |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Oncología, Terapéutica y rehabilitación, Hepatopatías, Carcinoma hepatocelular, Hígado, Neoplasias |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Oncology, Surgery, Therapeutics and rehabilitation, Hepatopathies, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Liver, Neoplasms |
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