Sarcoidosis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma.

[Sarcoidosis and fibrolamellar carcinoma of the liver].

The case of 20-years female patient with the diagnosis of sarcoidosis associated to fibrolamellar carcinoma of the liver is presented. Clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of these entities are exposed. The criteria of several researchers about the relation between sarcoidosis and neoplasic diseases are stood out. Sarcoidosis associated to fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma is very uncommon.

Cutaneous and systemic malignancies in patients with sarcoidosis: a close association.

Dear Editor, The article by Ji et al1 is very interesting. However, they do not mention the increased risk for systemic malignancies especially cutaneous malignancies in patients with sarcoidosis. The incidence of malignancies in patients with sarcoidosis is almost 1.65 times the incidence in patients without any clinical sarcoidosis.2 In fact, patients with sarcoidosis are almost 3 times more ...

Use of ultrasonic transient elastography (Fibroscan) in the assessment of hepatic focal lesion stiffness

Background and Aim: Hepatic focal lesions differ in their tissue composition and in the degree of stiffness, so our aim was to evaluate the role of Ultrasonic Transient Elastography (Fibroscan) in the measurement of hepatic focal lesions stiffness in order to differentiate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) focal lesions from other non HCC focal lesions. Methods: The study was conducted on 34 patie...

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sheep

Status of serum alpha feto-protein (AFP) and midkine (MDK) levels in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is sixth common cancers worldwide and predominant in Asia and Africa. A number of evidence suggests a possible role of midkine (MDK) and α-fetoprotein (AFP) in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Materials and methods: We studied MDK and AFP in patients with HCC or in healthy controls. MDK and AFP was measured by enzyme linked immuno...