Hepatic metastases from hepatoid adenocarcinoma of stomach mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma
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Hepatic metastases from hepatoid adenocarcinoma of stomach mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatoid adenocarcinoma is a special type of extrahepatic adenocarcinoma that morphologically mimics hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Clinical and immunohistochemical features of hepatoid adenocarcinoma are similar to those of HCC, such as elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level, immunoreactivity with AFP, polyclonal carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and alpha-1 antitrypsin. Because of these ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2287-2728,2287-285X
DOI: 10.3350/cmh.2012.18.4.420