Difference between revisions of "Liver neoplasms"

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*Clear cell variant of HCC may be misdiagnosed as metastatic clear cell carcinoma.
*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.
*Interhepatic cholangiocarcinoma is an adenocarcinoma - it may look like a metastatic lesion.
 
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Further reading: <ref name=pmid17478344>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Anders | first1 = RA. | last2 = Kamel | first2 = IR. | title = Biopsy considerations in the diagnosis of hepatic masses. | journal = Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 5 | issue = 5 | pages = 541-4 | month = May | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.02.028 | PMID = 17478344 }}</ref>
Further reading:
*{{Cite journal  | last1 = Anders | first1 = RA. | last2 = Kamel | first2 = IR. | title = Biopsy considerations in the diagnosis of hepatic masses. | journal = Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 5 | issue = 5 | pages = 541-4 | month = May | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.02.028 | PMID = 17478344 }}
===Gross pathology/radiology===
===Gross pathology/radiology===
*Multifocal or solitary.
*Multifocal or solitary.
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
*Histologic features are dependent on primary and degree of differentiation.
*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.


Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarcinoma_liver_metastasis.jpg Liver metastasis - adenocarcinoma (WC)].
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Image:  
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarcinoma_liver_metastasis.jpg Liver metastasis - adenocarcinoma, not obviously CRC (WC)].


===IHC===
===IHC===
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