Abstract

TORO RENDON, Luis Guillermo et al. Case Report of Fibrolamellar Hepatocarcinoma, a Rare Tumor of Young Adults. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2014, vol.29, n.4, pp.433-438. ISSN 0120-9957.

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC) is a rare variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) which occurs most often in young adults without regard to sex. It develops in its characteristic way on a previously healthy liver. The classical presentation is a palpable mass in the right upper quadrant, pain, and weight loss. In the absence of a prior history of liver disease, it is usual to find a large advanced neoplasia which has characteristic findings in a CT scan or MRI. A high percentage of cases can be diagnosed solely with images. The best treatment for this type of tumor is surgical resection which provides a 5-year survival rate of 58% to 82% but with very high rates of relapse. In published studies rates of relapse vary between 33% and 100%. We report the case of a young patient with no history of liver disease in which fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma was diagnosed using contrast organ-specific MRI. The tumor was treated with radical surgical resection.

Keywords : Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatectomy; hepatic neoplasia.

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