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Liver tumorsBenign Malignant
Benign and Malignant
Most common Benign tumor
of Liver is
Cavernous hemangioma
Red Blue soft nodules
Less than 2 cms
Site – under the capsule
~ can be mistaken for metastasis
Liver cell adenoma
Benign
Common in :
Can rupture during pregnancy
Clinical significance :
Liver cell adenoma
Pale yellow nodule
Below the capsule
Can grow big
Liver cell adenoma
Sheets and cords of cells ,
Looks like normal liver
Portal tracts are absent
Malignant tumors
Most common are –
metastasis
Primary Sites :
Primary Malignant tumors
Hepatoblastoma
Angiosarcoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Hepatoblastoma
In young people
Epithelial and mixed type
Angiosarcoma
Vinyl chloride,
Arsenic,
Thorotrast
… dacades of exposure
Fatal tumor
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Global trends
Etiology
Viral infection
Alcohol Food Toxins
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Tell some other Oncogenic viruses…
Epstein BarrBurkitt’s Lymphoma
Nasopharyngeal
carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma
HBV
HCV
Cervix cancer
HPV 16,18
Human herpes virus 8
Kaposi’s sarcoma
B Cell Lymphoma
HTLV I Adult T Cell
leukemia lymphoma
What these viruses do ?
More cell cycles
Instable genome after the HBV DNA
Attachment
Aflatoxin (Aspergillus flavus)
Mutation of P53 gene
Clinical features
Upper abdominal pain, FatigueWeight loss
Raised serum Alfa feto pretein (~75 % patients)
Gross
Unifocal
Multifocal
Diffuse infiltrating
Microscopy :
Well differentiated to poor differentiated
Metastasis
In Lungs , Lymphnodes
Fibrolamellar type
Young people 20 – 40 yrNot associated with HBV
Single tumorGood prognosis
Some other liver Images
Identify !
Normal Liver cut section
Fatty Liver
Macronodular cirrhosis
Some good
Pathology websites
www.pathguy.com
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