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ReviewVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2021

Primary hepatic carcinoma with inhibin positivity in a young male patient: a rare tumor previously only reported in females-case report and review of literature.

Tom Z Liang, Gilbert Whang, Shefali Chopra

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Review in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Clinical effect of hepatic artery interventional embolization and chemotherapy and its influence on P16 protein expression in patients with liver cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Tom Z LiangDepartment of Pathology, Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Gilbert WhangDepartment of Radiology, Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Shefali ChopraDepartment of Pathology, Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Shefali.chopra@med.usc.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3611-626X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary hepatic carcinoma with inhibin positivity is a rare aggressive liver tumor with seven cases described. The tumor presents at a younger age than primary hepatic carcinoma with all cases being females. RNA albumin ISH positivity suggests the tumor to be a primary hepatic carcinoma. The tumor is different from hepatocellular carcinoma as well as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma because of its distinct morphology, lack of hepatocellular differentiation, strong inhibin staining, and lack of typical mutations. A 26-year-old male presented with a 20-cm liver mass. The tumor progressed on therapy with development of multiple lung metastasis. Currently, the patient is enrolled in phase II clinical trial utilizing nivolumab and ipilumumab. While the tumor has a female preponderance, it is not exclusively found in females. Additional studies are necessary to determine the cause of inhibin staining, driving molecular alterations, natural history of this rare tumor, and to come up with consensus nomenclature.

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AdultAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinomaDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ProgressionFemaleGenetic VariationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunohistochemistryInhibinsLiver NeoplasmsMalePredictive Value of TestsTreatment OutcomeBiomarkers, TumorInhibinsInhibin positivePrimary hepatic carcinomaRNA albumin ISH positive

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