Resected case of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with lupoid hepatitis |
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Authors: | YOSHIHARU MOTOO TOSHINOSUKE WAKATSUKI NOBUYOSHI TANAKA YOSHINOBU HINOUE KENICHI KOBAYASHI NOBU HATTORI OSAMU MATSUI RYOHEI IZUMI YASUNI NAKANUMA GOROKU OHTA |
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Affiliation: | First Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan. |
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Abstract: | A 65 year old woman with lupoid hepatitis developed hepatocellular carcinoma which was diagnosed at an early stage. She had no history of blood transfusion and serum hepatitis B virus markers were negative. Prednisolone and 6-mercaptopurine were administered for the treatment of lupoid hepatitis. A hepatocellular carcinoma was detected by the elevation of serum alpha-fetoprotein and imaging studies. A tumour, 1.4 cm in diameter, was located in the lateral segment of the left hepatic lobe. It was resected by hepatic subsegmentectomy. Histological study showed a hepatocellular carcinoma of Edmondson type II against a background of posthepatitic cirrhosis. The patient was in good condition 2.5 years after the operation. |
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Keywords: | hepatocellular carcinoma, lupoid hepatitis |
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