Distinguishing well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma from benign liver by the physical features of fine-needle aspirates
โ Scribed by Yang, Grace CH; Yang, Guang-Yu; Tao, Liang-Che
- Book ID
- 109887971
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0893-3952
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Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is a useful tool for diagnosis of primary malignancies and metastatic lesions of the liver. However, well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may resemble benign/reactive hepatocytes, and less differentiated HCC may simulate poorly differentiated adeno
## BACKGROUND. Diagnosing liver tumors by fine-needle aspiration biopsy is safe and accurate. However, there are cases that prove diagnostically difficult. Traditionally, immunostains for โฃ-fetoprotein and polyclonal carcinoembryonic antigen have been used to distinguish adenocarcinomas from hepat