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ArticleWorld journal of clinical oncology2021

Hepatocellular carcinoma with biliary and neuroendocrine differentiation: A case report.

Yiannis Petros Dimopoulos, Emily R Winslow, Aiwu Ruth He, Metin Ozdemirli

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Article in World journal of clinical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Yiannis Petros DimopoulosDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, United States. yiannispetros.dimopoulos@medstar.net.
Emily R WinslowMedstar Center for Liver and Pancreas Surgery, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, United States.
Aiwu Ruth HeLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, United States.
Metin OzdemirliDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, United States.
Georgetown University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLiver tumors with dual differentiations [combined hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma] are common. However, liver tumors that exhibit hepatocellular, biliary, and neuroendocrine differentiation are exceedingly rare, with only three previous case reports in the literature. CASE SUMMARY: A 65-year-old female with a previous history of hepatitis C and a distant history of low grade, well-differentiated rectal neuroendocrine tumor was found to have two liver lesions in segment 4 and segment 7 on imaging. Serum alpha-fetoprotein and chromogranin A were elevated. Biopsy of the larger lesion in segment 4 revealed a high-grade tumor, with morphologic and immunohistochemical features of a neuroendocrine tumor. Given the previous history of rectal neuroendocrine tumor, imaging investigation, serologic markers, and biopsy findings, metastatic neuroendocrine tumor was considered. Subsequent regional resection of these hepatic lesions revealed the segment 4 lesion to be a HCC with additional biliary and neuroendocrine differentiation and the segment 7 lesion to be a cholangiocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation. Follow-up of the patient revealed disease recurrence in the dome of the liver and metastasis in retro-pancreatic lymph nodes. The patient eventually expired due to complications of chemotherapy.

conclusionHCC cases with additional biliary and neuroendocrine differentiation are exceedingly rare, posing a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and pathologists.

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BiliaryCase reportHepatocellularMixed liver tumorNeuroendocrineTriple differentiation

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