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ArticleOncotarget2017

The stromal morphological changes for differential diagnosis of uninodular high-grade dysplastic nodule and well-differentiated small hepatocellular carcinoma.

Long-Hai Feng, Han Wang, Hui Dong, Yu-Yao Zhu, Wen-Ming Cong

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Long-Hai FengDepartment of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Yangpu, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Han WangDepartment of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Yangpu, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Hui DongDepartment of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Yangpu, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Yu-Yao ZhuDepartment of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Yangpu, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Wen-Ming CongDepartment of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Yangpu, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Second Military Medical University · CNEastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe stromal invasion has been regarded as the most valuable clue to distinguish high-grade dysplastic nodules (HGDNs) and well-differentiated small hepatocellular carcinomas (WD-SHCCs). The purposes of this study are to explore the stromal morphological changes for the differential diagnosis of these two equivocal lesions.

resultsBased on the systemic studies of histological characteristics of HGDNs and WD-SHCCs, the stromal morphological changes, including sinusoid capillarization, ductular reaction and solitary artery, were performed to make a differential diagnosis between them. Separately, the solitary artery had the best sensitivity (93.75%) and accuracy (88.89%), and the sinusoid capillarization had the best specificity of 90.32%. On the whole, when at least 2 stromal morphological changes were abnormal, no matter what combination, the diagnostic performance was favorable and optimal with the highest accuracy of 92.06%, balancing the sensitivity (93.75%) and specificity (90.32%). The diagnostic performances were prior to the classical immunohistochemical panel comprising heat shock protein 70, glypican 3 and glutamine synthetase with the best sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 62.50%, 80.65% and 71.43%, respectively. MATERIALS AND

methodsA retrospective case-control study was conducted on 63 patients who underwent partial hepatectomy for uninodular HGDNs or WD-SHCCs at the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital from 2005 to 2015.

conclusionsThe stromal morphological changes, containing sinusoid capillarization, ductular reaction and solitary artery could provide a more considerable diagnostic and differential diagnostic performance between HGDNs and WD-SHCCs. And they should be the key points during the histopathological diagnosis.

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diagnosisdifferential diagnosisHGDNsstromal changesWD-SHCCs

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