Carcinomatous Cirrhosis of the Liver with Sarcomatosis of the Peritoneum
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The following case is reported because of the occurrence of two different types of malignant neoplasm with typical portal cirrhosis of the liver. That a pathogenetic relationship exists between Laennec's cirrhosis and primary carcinoma of the liver is generally recognized. Whether the association of a peritoneal sarcoma with the cirrhosis in this case was more than a coincidence seemed an interesting point for discussion.
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