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Hepatocellular adenoma classification: a comparative evaluation of immunohistochemistry and targeted mutational analysis.
Diagnostic pathology - 9 Mar 2016
Margolskee Elizabeth, Bao Fei, de Gonzalez Anne Koehne, Moreira Roger K, Lagana Stephen, Sireci Anthony N, Sepulveda Antonia R, Remotti Helen, Lefkowitch Jay H, Salomao Marcela
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Four subtypes of hepatocellular adenomas (HCA) are recognized: hepatocyte-nuclear-factor-1α mutated (H-HCA), β-catenin-mutated type with upregulation of glutamine synthetase (b-HCA), inflammatory type (IHCA) with serum-amyloid-A overexpression, and unclassified type. Subtyping may be useful since b-HCA appear to have higher risk of malignant transformation. We sought to apply subtype analysis and...
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