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This article examines liver neoplasms and pre-malignant lesions of the liver. In North America, most malignant liver lesions are metastases.
This article focuses on primary malignancies of the liver, neoplastic liver lesions, and biliary malignancies. It only briefly discusses metastatic lesions. An introduction to liver pathology is in the liver article. Medical liver disease is dealt with in the medical liver disease article.
Overview
Dysplasic lesions of the liver
Types:[1]
- "Large cell dysplasia" (AKA large cell change) - not considered a precursor for HCC, not considered a dysplasia.[2]
- Small liver cell dysplasia (AKA small cell dysplasia).
- Low grade dysplasia.
- High grade dysplasia.
Neoplastic lesions
Malignant lesions of the liver
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) - most common malignant liver primary in adults.
- Hepatoblastoma - malignant liver primary in children.
- Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).[3]
- Combined hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CHC).
Lesions that arise in a non-cirrhotic liver
Hepatocellular:
Other:
Tabular comparison
Precursors
Features of HCC & its precursors - generated from DCHH[4] and STC:
| Features | SLCD | Low-grade dysplasia | High-grade dysplasia | HCC |
| Plate thickness | <3 cells | <=2 cells | <=3 cells, usu. >2 cells | >3 cells |
| Reticulin (stain) | intact chicken wire | intact chicken wire | intact chicken wire | damaged chicken wire |
| Nuclear changes | nuc. enlargement, hyperchromasia |
+/- atypia (???) | marked atypia | +/- incr. NCR, +/-irreg. nuc. contour |
| Cytoplasmic change | hyperchromasia, decr. as cell size preserved |
none (???) | +/- basophilia | variable (lighter vs. hyperchromasia) |
| Portal tracts | ? | loss of portal tracts | loss of portal tracts | loss of portal tracts |
| Management | follow ??? | follow | ablate | ablate/surgery |
Abbreviations:
- SLCD = small liver cell dysplasia.
Notes:
- Large cell dysplasia:
- Cell size ~ 2x normal, NC ratio ~ normal.
- SLCD:
- Cell size ~ 1/2x normal, NC ratio - increased.
Hepatic tumours
Benign:
| Entity | Gross | Microscopic | IHC/stains | Other | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hepatic hemangioma | similar to normal liver parenchyma, red (hemorrhagic), well-circumscribed | spaces lined by benign endothelial cells | CD31+ (???) | - | gross (rsna.org) |
| Focal nodular hyperplasia | central scar, large vessels, usu. well-circumscribed | large arteries, unpaired arteries, bile duct proliferation | usu. diagnosed by imaging | gross (rsna.org) | |
| Hepatocellular adenoma | subcapsular, well-circumscribed | loss of portal tracts, nuclear glycogenation | reticulin - liver plate thickness <= 3 | background not cirrhotic, assoc. OCP | gross (mda-sy.com)[5] |
Malignant:
| Entity | Gross | Microscopic | IHC/stains | Other | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver metastasis | multiple, white lesions | variable, usu. tubular (glandular) with pseudostratified hyperchromatic nuclei | CK7-, CK20-, HepPar-1-, CK19- | colorectal carcinoma most common | |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | poorly circumscribed, +/-necrosis, +/-hemorrhage | loss of portal tracts, unpaired arteries, +/-nuclear atypia | reticulin - liver plate thickness > 3 | background often cirrhotic | |
| Cholangiocarcinoma | cauliflower-like outline, white, classically solitary, no cirrhosis | tubular architecture and mild nuclear atypia (adenocarcinoma), desmoplastic stroma | CK7+, CK19+ | background usu. not cirrhotic |
Dysplasia of the liver
Small liver cell dysplasia
- Abbreviated SLCD.
- AKA small cell dysplasia.
General
- Considered a precursor to HCC.
- Frequently found in livers with HCC - when compared to livers without HCC.[6]
Microscopic
Features:[7]
- Cells similar in size to normal hepatocytes.
- Name derived from the fact that there is also an entity that was called large cell dysplasia (AKA large cell change).
- Increased NC ratio - "more blue".
- Mild nuclear and cytoplasmic hyperchromatism.
Notes:
- Normal hepatic architecture (main differentiator from HCC).
- Remember "... blue is bad".
Micrograph:
Low-grade hepatocellular dysplasia
- Generally referred to as low-grade dysplasia as the context is usually clear.
Microscopic
- Uniform cells - "noticeably different from normal".[8]
- Changes in nuclear size, irregular nuclear contour and/or changes in cytoplasm staining.
- Loss of portal tracts.
- Irregular margin.
Notes:
- DCHH describes LGD as: "normal hepatocytes in plates [of normal thickness]".[4]
DDx:
- Nodular regenerative hyperplasia - lacks: compressed rim of cells, central portal tract.[4]
High-grade hepatocellular dysplasia
- Generally referred to as high-grade dysplasia as the context is usually clear.
General
- "Bader" version of low-grade dyplasia.
Microscopic
Features - in addition to those of low grade dysplasia:[4]
- Liver plate >2 cells thick.
- Significant nuclear atypia.
- Basophilic cytoplasm.
Image:
DDx:
Benign hepatic neoplasms
Bile duct adenoma
- Should not be confused with bile duct hamartoma.
General
- Benign.
- Important as it can be misdiagnosed as cancer.
Microscopic
Features:
- Disordered bile ducts within in a fibrotic stroma.
- No (yellow) bile within, as these lesions do not have a connection to the biliary tree.
- +/-Lymphocytic cuff.
Negatives:
- No mitotic activity.
- No necrosis.
DDx:
- Cholangiocarcinoma.
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma.
- Bile duct hamartoma (von Meyenburg complex).
Image:
Hepatic adenoma
- AKA hepatocellular adenoma, abbreviated HCA.
General
- Grow under the influence of sex hormones.
- Associated with oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use[9][10] - may regress with discontinuation.
- May rupture in pregnancy.
- Usually diagnosed by radiology.
Gross
Features:[11]
- Often subcapsular location.
- Well circumscribed, but not encapsulated.
Microscopic
Features:
- Sheets or cords of cells with mild variation of cell and nuclear size.[12]
- Cords of cells upto 3 cells thick.[13]
- Cells may have cytoplasmic clearing due to glycogen or be pale - obvious if seen.
- Vascular - large arteries, dilated thin-walled veins.
Negatives:
- No bile ducts.
- No portal tracts.
- No cirrhosis! If cirrhosis is present it isn't a hepatic adenoma - important.
DDx:
- Well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.[14]
- Hepatic adenoma is differentiated from well-differentiated HCC by its architecture; adenomas have cords of cells upto 3 cells thick & have preserved reticulin architecture.
- Focal nodular hyperplasia.
Images
Hepatic adenoma. (WC/Nephron)
Hepatic adenoma - reticulin. (WC/Nephron)
www:
- Hepatic adenoma (ajronline.org).
- Series of liver micrographs including hepatic adenoma (radiographics.rsna.org).
Subclassification
Based on molecular changes:[15][16]
- Inflammatory hepatic adenoma.
- AKA telangiectatic adenoma.[17]
- Associated with obesity.[citation needed]
- Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha-mutated hepatic adenoma.
- Inactivating mutation.
- Beta-catenin-mutated hepatic adenoma
- Activating mutation.
- Unclassified hepatic adenoma.
Note:
- Beta-catenin is considered an oncogene.
IHC
- AFP -ve. (???)
- HNF1alpha +ve/-ve.
- Beta-catenin +ve/-ve.
Hepatobiliary mucinous cystadenoma
- AKA biliary cystadenoma.
General
- Benign neoplasm.
- May transform into a malignancy.[18]
Microscopic
Features:
- Cystic spaces lined by a mucinous epithelium (simple columnar epithelium with a clear cytoplasm).
Note:
- Similar to pancreatic mucinous cystadenoma.
Malignant hepatic neoplasms
In North America, the most common malignant liver tumour is metastases.
Hepatoblastoma
General
- Most common liver cancer in children.[12][19]
- Rare in adolescents and adults.
- Age of diagnosis usu. ~1 year old; most less than 3 years old.
- Surgical biopsy; core needle biopsy not done as as lesion is vascular.
Associations:
Clinical:
- Usually present with hepatomegaly.
- High AFP.[21]
Microscopic
Features:
- Small round cell tumour.
- Fetal hepatocytes ~ 1:3 NC ratio, eosinophilic cytoplasm.
- +/-Mesenchymal component
- Immature fibrous tissue, osteoid or cartilage.
DDx:
- Small round cell tumours.
- Teratoma.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma - separated based on histomorphology alone.
Images
Hepatoblastoma - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Hepatoblastoma - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Subtypes
- Six histologic subtypes - that are subdivided into two groups:[22]
- Epithelial type:
- Fetal pattern.
- Embryonal and fetal pattern.
- Macrotrabecular pattern.
- May mimic hepatocellular carcinoma histologically.[23]
- Small cell undifferentiated pattern.
- Poor prognosis.
- Mixed epithelial and mesenchymal type:
- With teratoid features.
- Without teratoid features.
- Epithelial type:
IHC
- Alpha-fetoprotein +ve.
- Hepatocyte specific antigen +ve esp. in fetal component.[24]
- Beta-catenin +ve (cytoplasmic and nuclear).[24]
Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Abbreviated HCC.
Main article: Hepatocellular carcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma
General
- Malignancy of the biliary tree.
- May be intrahepatic, i.e. intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (abbreviated ICC), or extrahepatic.
Epidemiology
- Rare - approximately 1/5 the incidence of HCC.[26]
- More common among asians.
Risks:
- Infection - liver flukes (endemic to Southeast Asia):
- Caroli disease - rare congenital disease.[30]
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis - may be assoc. with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), esp. ulcerative colitis (UC).
Gross
- Classically one large mass - outline described as cauliflower-like.[31]
- May have satellite nodules.
Image
Cholangiocarcinoma. (WC)
Microscopic
Features:[32]
- Usually an adenocarcinoma, i.e. gland forming with:
- Cuboidal or columnar mucin producing cells, and
- A dense fibrous (desmoplastic) stroma.
Notes:
- Biliary stents lead to reactive changes,[33] these can be confused for malignancy. One must always check whether a biliary stent was in situ at time of biopsy.[34]
- Usually abundant desmoplasia, ergo hard to get good, i.e. diagnositic, endoluminal brushing specimens.[35]
- May have hyaline inclusions.[36]
DDx:
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma.
- Fulminant hepatic necrosis.
- Bile ducts usu. left behind... look like well-differentiated adenocarcinoma.
- Bile duct adenoma.
- No necrosis, no mitotic activity, no significant nuclear pleomorphism.
Images
Cholangiocarcinoma - low mag. Shows the typical desmoplastic stroma. (WC/Nephron)
Cholangiocarcinoma - high mag. Shows a normal portal triad adjacent to atypical glandular cells within the interlobular septum and obvious tumour. (WC/Nephron)
www:
- Cholangiocarcinoma & liver flukes - several images (upmc.edu).
- Cholangiocarcinoma - several images (upmc.edu).
IHC
Classic IHC pattern:[37]
- CK7 +ve.
- CK20 +ve/-ve.
- HepPar-1 -ve.
- AFP -ve.[38]
ICC vs. HCC:[39]
- ICC: CK19 (92.5%), MUC-1 (73.8%) +ve.
- HCC: HepPar-1 (85.6%), CD34 (87.8%) +ve.
HCC vs. ICC:[40]
- TTF-1: ~90-100% +ve (cytoplasmic) in HCC vs. ~10% in cholangiocarcinoma.
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MASS, PANCREAS, CORE BIOPSY: - ADENOCARCINOMA, MODERATELY DIFFERENTIATED.
Note:
- On biopsy, it isn't possible to cleanly separate from pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Thus, it is better to stay vague.
Micro
The sections show an atypical gland-forming lesion (adenocarcinoma) in a fibrous background. This lesion is separate from the benign pancreatic glands that are present. The atypical glands are unequally spaced. Moderate-to-marked cytologic atypia is present. Mitotic activity is not readily apparent.
Hepatic angiosarcoma
Main article: Angiosarcoma
- AKA angiosarcoma of the liver.
General
- Liver angiosarcomas are associated with vinyl chloride exposure.[41]
Microscopic
Features:
- Atypical endothelial cells - may be subtle.
Hepatic metastasis
- AKA liver metastases.
General
- Metastases are very common - often from the gastrointestinal tract, e.g. colorectal cancer.
- Most liver masses in are not biopsied... as a primary lesion is evident.[42]
- Dependent on the extent of disease, CRC metastatic to the liver may be curable with a liver resection.
- It is important to consider germ cell tumours in the DDx as these may be curable with chemotherapy.
- Clear cell variant of HCC may be misdiagnosed as metastatic clear cell carcinoma.
- Interhepatic cholangiocarcinoma is an adenocarcinoma - it may look like a metastatic lesion.
Further reading:
- Anders, RA.; Kamel, IR. (May 2007). "Biopsy considerations in the diagnosis of hepatic masses.". Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 5 (5): 541-4. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2007.02.028. PMID 17478344.
Gross pathology/radiology
- Multifocal or solitary.
Microscopic
Features:
- Histologic features are dependent on primary and degree of differentiation.
The classic liver metastasis (colorectal carcinoma):
- Gland forming columnar shaped cells with pseudostratified hyperchromatic cigar-shaped nuclei.
DDx:
- Cholangiocarcinoma.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma, pseudoglandular.[43]
Image
Liver metastasis - adenocarcinoma. (WC/Nephron)
IHC
- Metastases are typically negative for HepPar-1.
- HepPar-1 (hepatocytes paraffin antibody 1) - labels hepatocellular mitochondria.[44]
Note:
- If a primary is already established by pathology and the clinical impression is a metastasis, it isn't necessary to do IHC if the morphology of the lesion in the liver is compatible with the established primary.
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LIVER, PORTION OF SEGMENTS 2 AND 3, RESECTION: - METASTATIC ADENOCARCINOMA. -- RESECTION MARGIN CLEARANCE 2 MM. - LIVER STEATOSIS, MILD.
Micro
The section show liver parenchyma with an invasive adenocarcinoma. The adenocarcinoma has well formed glands with dirty necrosis. The nuclei are appear crowded and have an ellipsoid shape. Focally, zones of necrosis are present. See background liver.
BACKGROUND LIVER (BASED ON H&E ONLY)
Fibrosis: not identified.
Fibrous septa: absent.
Septa with curved contours: absent.
Large droplet steatosis (% of hepatocytes): mild (20%).
Ballooning of hepatocytes: not identified.
Mallory-Denk bodies: not identified.
Portal inflammation: present, mild.
Interface activity: not identified.
Lobular necroinflammation: not identified.
Ducts: present in normal numbers.
Duct injury: not identified.
Ductular reaction: not identified.
Cholestasis: present peritumoural, otherwise absent.
Terminal hepatic venules: present.
Ground glass cells with routine stains: not identified.
See also
References
- ↑ STC. S.30-37, 19 Jan 2009.
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- ↑ STC. 6 December 2010.
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