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ArticleDiagnostic pathology2011

Giant ectopic liver, hepatocellular carcinoma and pachydermia-a rare genetic syndrome?

Matthias Dettmer, Peter Itin, Peter Miny, Manoj Gandhi, Gieri Cathomas, Niels Willi

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Article in Diagnostic pathology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias DettmerCantonal Institute of Pathology, Liestal, Switzerland. m.dettmer@gmx.net
Peter Itin
Peter Miny
Manoj Gandhi
Gieri Cathomas
Niels Willi
Theological Seminary Bienenberg · CHUniversity Children’s Hospital Basel · CHUniversity of Basel · CHUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ectopic liver is a very uncommon developmental anomaly that predisposes to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. We describe the second documented case of a hepatocellular carcinoma developing in the primary liver of a patient with a rare and uncharacterized genetic symptom complex. Also present was the largest ectopic liver ever reported, measuring 12 cm in diameter which contained a solitary focus of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. The primary hepatocellular carcinoma is believed to have arisen in the native liver from a hepatic adenoma that was diagnosed 15 years earlier. The patient's uncharacterised condition featured prominent thick, yellow skin over the dorsum of the fingers, and was associated with follicular hyperkeratosis, abnormal plantar creases, digital clubbing, misshaped ears, a lingua plicata and an angioleiomyolipoma of the right kidney. This unique case of hepatocellular carcinoma arising from liver cell adenoma in a patient with an uncharacterised condition featuring a large ectopic liver invites discussion of the role of local factors in carcinogenesis in the parent liver but not the ectopic liver. It also underlines the imperative ongoing need for clinical autopsies.

Indexed as

Abnormalities, MultipleLiverAdenoma, Liver CellAdultBiopsyCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Transformation, NeoplasticChoristomaFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsOsteoarthropathy, Primary HypertrophicSyndromeTime Factors

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PMID21831298
PMCPMC3162532
OpenAlexW2127215192

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