Difference between revisions of "Hepatocellular carcinoma"

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| LMDDx      = [[cholangiocarcinoma]], occasionally [[liver metastasis]], [[High-grade hepatocellular dysplasia|high-grade dysplasia]]
| LMDDx      = [[cholangiocarcinoma]], occasionally [[liver metastasis]], [[High-grade hepatocellular dysplasia|high-grade dysplasia]]
| Stains    = reticulin (thickened liver plate)
| Stains    = reticulin (thickened liver plate)
| IHC        = CD34 +ve sinusoids, HepPar-1 +ve (usu.), AFP +ve (usu.), CK8/18 +ve, glypican-3 +ve  
| IHC        = CD34 +ve sinusoids, HepPar-1 +ve (usu.), [[AFP]] +ve (usu.), CK8/18 +ve, glypican-3 +ve  
| EM        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
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*CD34 +ve sinusoids; sinusoids in normal liver are CD34 -ve.
*CD34 +ve sinusoids; sinusoids in normal liver are CD34 -ve.
*HepPar-1 +ve; may be neg. in high grade tumours.
*HepPar-1 +ve; may be neg. in high grade tumours.
*AFP +ve; may be neg. even if the serum AFP is elevated.
*[[AFP]] +ve; may be neg. even if the serum AFP is elevated.
*CK8/18 +ve.<ref name=pmid16680226>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Stroescu | first1 = C. | last2 = Herlea | first2 = V. | last3 = Dragnea | first3 = A. | last4 = Popescu | first4 = I. | title = The diagnostic value of cytokeratins and carcinoembryonic antigen immunostaining in differentiating hepatocellular carcinomas from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. | journal = J Gastrointestin Liver Dis | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 9-14 | month = Mar | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 16680226 }}</ref>
*CK8/18 +ve.<ref name=pmid16680226>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Stroescu | first1 = C. | last2 = Herlea | first2 = V. | last3 = Dragnea | first3 = A. | last4 = Popescu | first4 = I. | title = The diagnostic value of cytokeratins and carcinoembryonic antigen immunostaining in differentiating hepatocellular carcinomas from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. | journal = J Gastrointestin Liver Dis | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 9-14 | month = Mar | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 16680226 }}</ref>
*Glypican-3 +ve (cytoplasmic, granular cytoplasmic or membranous).<ref name=pmid19212669>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shirakawa | first1 = H. | last2 = Kuronuma | first2 = T. | last3 = Nishimura | first3 = Y. | last4 = Hasebe | first4 = T. | last5 = Nakano | first5 = M. | last6 = Gotohda | first6 = N. | last7 = Takahashi | first7 = S. | last8 = Nakagohri | first8 = T. | last9 = Konishi | first9 = M. | title = Glypican-3 is a useful diagnostic marker for a component of hepatocellular carcinoma in human liver cancer. | journal = Int J Oncol | volume = 34 | issue = 3 | pages = 649-56 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi =  | PMID = 19212669 | url = http://www.spandidos-publications.com/serveFile/ijo_34_3_649_PDF.pdf?type=article&article_id=ijo_34_3_649&item=PDF}}</ref>
*Glypican-3 +ve (cytoplasmic, granular cytoplasmic or membranous).<ref name=pmid19212669>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shirakawa | first1 = H. | last2 = Kuronuma | first2 = T. | last3 = Nishimura | first3 = Y. | last4 = Hasebe | first4 = T. | last5 = Nakano | first5 = M. | last6 = Gotohda | first6 = N. | last7 = Takahashi | first7 = S. | last8 = Nakagohri | first8 = T. | last9 = Konishi | first9 = M. | title = Glypican-3 is a useful diagnostic marker for a component of hepatocellular carcinoma in human liver cancer. | journal = Int J Oncol | volume = 34 | issue = 3 | pages = 649-56 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi =  | PMID = 19212669 | url = http://www.spandidos-publications.com/serveFile/ijo_34_3_649_PDF.pdf?type=article&article_id=ijo_34_3_649&item=PDF}}</ref>