TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatocellular carcinoma with spontaneous regression
T2 - Report of the rare case
AU - Arakawa, Yusuke
AU - Mori, Hiroki
AU - Ikegami, Toru
AU - Hanaoka, Jun
AU - Kanamoto, Mami
AU - Kanemura, Hirofumi
AU - Morine, Yuji
AU - Imura, Satoru
AU - Shimada, Mitsuo
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Spontaneous regression of a malignant tumor, including hepatocellular carcinoma, is extremely rare. A 78-year-old female with hepatitis B presented with a hepatocellular carcinoma, 3cm in size, in the lateral segment. During her work-up before surgery, over the period of a month, the tumor started to show spontaneous regression from the radiological and biochemical studies. A lateral segmentectomy of the liver was performed, and the pathologic study showed complete necrosis of the tumor with vigorous inflammatory cellular infiltration. The patient is now doing well without any evidence of recurrence. We herein report a case with hepatocellular carcinoma showing spontaneous regression, and review the associated literature.
AB - Spontaneous regression of a malignant tumor, including hepatocellular carcinoma, is extremely rare. A 78-year-old female with hepatitis B presented with a hepatocellular carcinoma, 3cm in size, in the lateral segment. During her work-up before surgery, over the period of a month, the tumor started to show spontaneous regression from the radiological and biochemical studies. A lateral segmentectomy of the liver was performed, and the pathologic study showed complete necrosis of the tumor with vigorous inflammatory cellular infiltration. The patient is now doing well without any evidence of recurrence. We herein report a case with hepatocellular carcinoma showing spontaneous regression, and review the associated literature.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 19102389
AN - SCOPUS:57049145372
SN - 0172-6390
VL - 55
SP - 1770
EP - 1772
JO - Acta hepato-splenologica
JF - Acta hepato-splenologica
IS - 86-87
ER -
