Cholangioblastic liver carcinoma

Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.

In patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) offers hope for cure of both the complicating HCC and the underlying chronic liver disease. Excellent 5 year survival has been reported when the restrictive Milan criteria are used to select transplant candidates. Alternative recommendations have recently been proposed by groups at University o...

Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.

BACKGROUND The treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is challenging, but transplantation of the liver has emerged as one of the options in the therapeutic armamentarium against this disease. METHODS This article reviews the changing criteria for patient eligibility for liver transplantation for HCC and presents an initial evaluation of institutional treatment outcomes for this treatment...

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the liver.

Pianzola, Luis E., and Drut, Ricardo: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the liver. Amer. J. Clin. Path. 56: 758-761, 1971. This first case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the liver to be reported was discovered in a 44-year-old man with an 8-month history of fever, vomiting, weight loss (15 kg.), and pain in the right hypochondrium. A right hemihepatectomy disclosed a 15 cm. tumor located above the ga...

Primary Carcinoma of the Liver

Primary Carcinoma of the Liver