Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carsinoma “It is not a Ordinary Case for Mediterranean Countries”
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چکیده
The fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an uncommon tumour with distinctive clinical and histological features. Although the first case of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FI-HCC) was described by Edmondson in 1956, and later confirmed in five patients by Peters, the majority of reports followed those of Berman et al. and Craig et al. A case of FI-HCC, which is rarely diagnosed in Mediterranean countries including Turkey, is presented in the following report.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- HPB Surgery
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995