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ArticleDiagnostic pathology2023

Pediatric combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CC) with neuroendocrine features: distinguishing genetic alterations detected by chromosomal microarray.

Alyeesha B Wilhelm, Arwyn G Cunningham, Cynthia Kassab, Eric C Fitz, Jianli Dong, Ravi S Radhakrishnan, Sarangarajan Ranganathan, Dongfeng Tan, Heather L Stevenson

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Article in Diagnostic pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alyeesha B Wilhelm *Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Arwyn G Cunningham *Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Cynthia KassabDepartment of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Eric C FitzDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Jianli DongDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Ravi S RadhakrishnanDepartment of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Sarangarajan RanganathanDepartment of Pathology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Dongfeng TanDepartment of Pathology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Heather L StevensonDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. hlsteven@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Hepatocellular CarcinomaP50CA217674 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BERETTA, LAURA · 2019 to 2023
$11.3M
UTMB Clinical and Translational Science AwardKL2TR001441 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI AMEREDES, BILL T · 2015 to 2024
$4.0M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001441NCI NIH HHS P50 CA217674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLiver tumors exhibiting hepatocellular, cholangiocarcinoma, and neuroendocrine features are extremely rare, with only five cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We present an unusual case of a combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CC) with neuroendocrine features in a pediatric patient. A 16-year-old presented with abdominal pain and a 21.0 cm mass in the right hepatic lobe with extension into the left lobe. Histology showed a poorly differentiated tumor with a solid, tubuloglandular, and microcystic architecture. Immunohistochemistry results were negative for hepatic markers, positive for markers of biliary differentiation, and positive for neuroendocrine differentiation. The neoplasm was reviewed at several institutions with differing diagnoses. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chromosomal microarray (CMA) showed large deletions within chromosomes 6q and 13q in both the hepatocellular-like areas and the cholangiocarcinoma-like areas, with additional large deletions in the cholangiocarcinoma-like areas, supporting origin from hepatocellular carcinoma. The final diagnosis was a cHCC-CC with neuroendocrine features.

conclusionsDiagnosis of cHCC-CCs relies predominately on histomorphology, as per the 2018 International Consensus Group on the nomenclature of cHCC-CC. These findings in this case support that the pathological classification of these lesions be based on molecular data, which could better direct treatment. Further classification of cHCC-CCs and determination of their clinicopathological relevance will require more interobserver consistency and continued molecular profiling of these lesions.

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Bile Duct NeoplasmsCarcinoma, HepatocellularCholangiocarcinomaLiver NeoplasmsAdolescentBile Ducts, IntrahepaticChildChromosomesHumansRetrospective StudiescHCC-CCCholangiocarcinomaHepatoblastomaHepatocellular CarcinomaLiverNeuroendocrinePediatric

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PMID36782322
PMCPMC9926826
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