CHORUS
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Liver and biliary system
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hepatoma
hepatocellular Ca, hepatocarcinoma
- associated with:
- cirrhosis (alcoholic or postnecrotic)
- hemochromatosis
- hepatic toxins (aflatoxins)
- schistosomiasis
- glycogen storage disease type I (von Gierke)
- Thorotrast
- invades blood vessels in 75%
- a/w cirrhosis in 75%, usually post-necrotic
Cf: fibrolamellar hepatocellular Ca
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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