[A fibrolamellar variety of hepatocarcinoma in a young woman 17 years old]

Gac Med Mex. 1999 Jan-Feb;135(1):83-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report here the case of a 17-year-old female with typical fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, no hepatitis B or C viral infection and a normal, non-cirrhotic liver. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a solid tumor with a central fibrous scar. A fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy of unknown etiology, without cirrhosis, usually without an increase in tumor markers, and rarely associated with hepatitis B virus. It occurs mainly in young patients. This tumor presents a high resectability rate (48-100%), a good prognosis and a mean survival of 68 months. This tumor is an important differential diagnosis of space occupying lesions in younger adults.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor