✦ LIBER ✦
Occult hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: Value of ultrasound-guided biopsy of portal vein system thrombus
✍ Scribed by Jean-Paul Joly; Jacques Delamarre; Arilaza Razafimahaleo; Henri Sevestre; Hervé Tossou; Jean-Pierre Capron
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 884 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0942-8925
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✦ Synopsis
We report two cases of occult hepatocellular carcinoma associated with alcoholic cirrhosis, in which the diagnosis of malignancy was respectively established by ultrasound-guided biopsy of umbilical vein and portal vein branch thrombus. When measurement of serum alpha-foetoprotein, and liver ultrasonography and/or computed tomography failed to clearly demonstrate hepatocellular carcinoma, the presence of a thrombosis of the portal vein system is highly suggestive of malignancy, which may be easily confirmed by venous biopsy.