Open AccessPrimary pulmonary hepatoid carcinoma: Report of a case and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Lin ShiouFu,
Hsu WenHu,
Chou TehYing
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2013.01.007
Subject(s) - medicine , pathological , malignancy , hepatocellular carcinoma , lung , carcinoma , adjuvant chemotherapy , metastasis , distant metastasis , chemotherapy , pathology , radiology , surgery , cancer , breast cancer
Hepatoid carcinoma is a rare malignancy defined as extrahepatic primary alpha‐fetoprotein‐producing carcinoma morphologically resembling hepatocellular carcinoma. It is extremely rare in the lungs, with ambiguous pathological descriptions and variable prognosis. Herein, we present the case of a 66‐year‐old man with a primary pulmonary hepatoid carcinoma in his right upper lung who received complete curative surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy. No signs of recurrence or distant metastasis have been observed for 57 months postoperation. In addition, the literature is reviewed and the pathological diagnostic pitfalls are discussed.