An unusual case of primary liver cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma in an accessory liver

A Basile; T Croatto; A Gregoris; I Tavĉar; C Zavaroni; B Costa; P Li Volsi; C Moretti; S Pizzolitto

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19940301)73:5<1332::aid-cncr2820730504>3.0.co;2-y

An unusual case of primary liver cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma in an accessory liver

Cancer. 1994 Mar 1;73(5):1332-4. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940301)73:5<1332::aid-cncr2820730504>3.0.co;2-y.

Authors

A Basile¹, T Croatto, A Gregoris, I Tavĉar, C Zavaroni, B Costa, P Li Volsi, C Moretti, S Pizzolitto

Affiliation

¹ Division of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di San Vito al Tagliamento, Udine, Italy.

Abstract

The occurrence of an accessory liver is extremely rare and usually has no clinical significance. This malformation may harbor the same pathologic processes present in the anatomically normal liver.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
Humans
Liver / abnormalities*
Liver Neoplasms / complications
Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged