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PRIMARY SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA OF THE LIVER: CLINICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES
Author(s) -
Roediger W. E. W.,
Dymock R. B.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00331.x
Subject(s) - medicine , primary (astronomy) , pathology , histopathological examination , carcinoma , oncology , dermatology , general surgery , physics , astronomy
A case of primary squamous carcinoma of the liver is analysed in the light of 21 previously reported cases. Symptoms of abdominal pain, weight loss and intermittent fever were in keeping with those most frequently recorded for the tumour type. Histopathological evaluation suggested metaplastic origin from a cholangiocarcinoma. A squamous carcinoma found in the liver need not reflect metastic spread and primary tumours can be resected if well localized.