Unusual reticulin staining pattern in well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma

BACKGROUND Special stains, such as reticulin stain and CD34 immunostain, are very helpful in the diagnosis of well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Most studies have shown that absent or decreased reticulin stain or an abnormal reticulin pattern with widened trabeculae is reliable for the diagnosis of well-differentiated HCC. CASE REPORT We report here two cases of well differen...

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Poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma with unusual tubular structures.

The patient was a 70 year old woman. A tumour in liver segment 8 arose in a background of cirrhotic liver with chronic hepatitis C and reached a size of 6.0 cm in six months. The patient’s serum concentration was raised (17101 ng/ml), and the tumour was suspected to be hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on various image findings. An extended liver anterior segmentectomy was performed, and ser...

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Poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma with unusual tubular structures

The patient was a 70 year old woman. A tumour in liver segment 8 arose in a background of cirrhotic liver with chronic hepatitis C and reached a size of 6.0 cm in six months. The patient’s serum concentration was raised (17101 ng/ml), and the tumour was suspected to be hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on various image findings. An extended liver anterior segmentectomy was performed, and ser...

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Poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma with unusual tubular structures

The patient was a 70 year old woman. A tumour in liver segment 8 arose in a background of cirrhotic liver with chronic hepatitis C and reached a size of 6.0 cm in six months. The patient’s serum concentration was raised (17101 ng/ml), and the tumour was suspected to be hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on various image findings. An extended liver anterior segmentectomy was performed, and ser...

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Regional metastases in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma: pattern of spread.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the pattern of spread of WDTC to regional lymph nodes, in patients who presented with clinically positive nodes. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between October 2001 and December 2006, a total of 27 consecutive patients (12 males, 15 females) with clinical evidence of cervical metastasis of well-differentiated thyroid carcino...

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Unusual reticulin staining pattern in well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma

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