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Fibrolamellar carcinoma: a review with focus on genetics and comparison to other malignant primary liver tumors.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 Feb 2011
Ward Stephen C, Waxman Samuel
Abstract excerpt
Fibrolamellar carcinoma is a rare primary malignant liver neoplasm that usually affects adolescents and young adults with no underlying liver disease. Morphologically, the tumor cells resemble oncocytic hepatocytes arranged in cords with a stroma of lamellated collagen fibers. Immunohistochemical studies have found that fibrolamellar carcinomas express markers associated with both biliary (CK7 and epithelial...
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