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Minute hepatocellular carcinoma without appreciable change in size for seven years: A case report
Author(s) -
Yoshida Takanobu,
Okazaki Nobuo,
Yoshino Masahiro,
Kitaoka Hisazo,
Hirohashi Setsuo,
Shimozato Yukio
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19820401)49:7<1491::aid-cncr2820490730>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , autopsy , carcinoma , esophageal varices , liver cancer , biopsy , cancer , liver biopsy , cirrhosis , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , portal hypertension
A small hepatocellular carcinoma found and followed in a Japanese man is described. He died of diabetic nephropathy and bleeding esophageal varices seven years after surgical biopsy of the liver that revealed hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical and autopsy findings demonstrated no appreciable change in tumor size during the seven‐year period during which no specific treatment was given for cancer.