Intermediate hepatic carcinoma mimicking intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A case report.
- Author:
Gene Hyun BOK
1
;
Zoong Rock HONG
;
Mi Oh ROH
;
Jae Young JANG
;
Chan Sup SHIM
;
Jung Hoon KIM
;
So Young JIN
Author Information
1. Digestive Disease Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Seoul, Korea. jyjang@hosp.sch.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Intermediate hepatic carcinoma;
Combined hepatocellularcholangiocarcinoma;
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Chlormequat;
Cholangiocarcinoma;
Humans;
Liver Neoplasms;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2008;75(3):327-332
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary liver cancer has traditionally been classified as either hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or cholangiocarcinoma (CCC). However, primary liver cancer occasionally consists of elements from both HCC and CCC. Intermediate hepatic carcinoma and primary liver cancer of the intermediate type are extremely rare subtypes of primary liver cancer that show features intermediate between HCC and CCC. First reported in 1998, the clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic characteristics of this entity remain unclear. In this case report, we describe the clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, histopathological, and immunohistochemical findings in a patient with intermediate hepatic carcinoma who was initially thought to have intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
