Hepatocellular adenoma versus carcinoma
Histopathology of inflammatory hepatocellular adenoma, with inflammatory cells and minor atypia.
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A hepatocellular adenoma, in contrast to a carcinoma, has a well-defined border between the lesion and background liver, and is composed of hepatocytes with less significant cytologic atypia.[2]
Both hepatocellular adenoma and well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma may display:
- Steatosis: A steatotic hepatocellular carcinoma is a common variant, found most commonly in small, well-differentiated tumors.[3]
- Portal triads, which commonly persist in well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinomas.[4]
↑ Bioulac-Sage, Paulette; Sempoux, Christine; Possenti, Laurent; Frulio, Nora; Laumonier, Hervé; Laurent, Christophe; Chiche, Laurence; Frédéric Blanc, Jean; et al. (2013). "Pathological Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Cellular Adenoma according to the Clinical Context
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↑ Author: Avani Pendse, M.D., Ph.D.. Liver & intrahepatic bile ducts - Benign / nonneoplastic - Hepatocellular adenoma. Pathology Outlines. Topic Completed: 1 October 2018. Minor changes: 30 September 2020
↑ Chan, Anthony W H; Yu, Shuangni; Yu, Yau-Hei; Tong, Joanna H M; Wang, Lei; Tin, Edith K Y; Chong, Charing C N; Chan, Stephen L; et al. (2016). "Steatotic hepatocellular carcinoma: a variant associated with metabolic factors and late tumour relapse
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↑ Motohashi, Ikuko; Okudaira, Masahiko; Takai, Tomoko; Kaneko, Satoshi; Ikeda, Noriaki (1992). "Morphological differences between hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinomalike lesions
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