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Occult hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report of a special icteric-type hepatoma and literature review.
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PMID:  19659667     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presenting with obstructive jaundice due to bile duct tumour thrombi is classified as icteric-type hepatoma. This report describes a case of unusual icteric-type HCC with common bile duct thrombus, which is herein named 'occult HCC', as no detectable primary lesion in liver was defined pre-operatively and intra-operatively. A thrombectomy followed by a T biliary drainage tube placement was carried out, and the final post-operative pathological evaluation demonstrated the tumour thrombus originated from a moderately differentiated HCC. The clinicopathological features and logical clinical interventions of this rare type of HCC were discussed with a review of the literature. The HCC patients with bile duct thrombi receiving palliative biliary drainage alone had a poor outcome. With respect to improving prognosis, a curative resection of primary HCC and tumour thrombi was suggested on the basis of performing an intensive post-operative monitoring for early detection of primary liver lesion.
Authors:
H Chang; J Xu; Q Mu; C Qin; Z Zhang; T Wu
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article     Date:  2009-07-29
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of cancer care     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1365-2354     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9301979     Medline TA:  Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  690-3     Citation Subset:  N    
Affiliation:
Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University School of Medicine, Shandong, China. changh111@hotmail.com
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