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| Hepatocellular carcinoma |
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| Hepatocellular carcinoma
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•This is a case of a hepatocellular carcinoma arising in
a cirrhotic liver.
•Notice the extremely distorted appearance of this liver.
•If you examine the left half of this liver, you will
notice that there are multiple nodules separated by
depressed scars.
•Occupying much of the right half of this image,
indicated by the four white arrows, is a nodule of
tissue showing some evidence of necrosis, as well as
pronounced greenish staining.
•This lesion is a hepatocellular carcinoma arising in
cirrhosis of the liver.
| | (Description By:Martin Nadel, M.D. )
| | (Image Contrib. by: UCHC )
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