Thyroid-like cholangiocarcinoma of the liver: an unusual morphologic variant with follicular, trabecular and insular patterns

Thyroid-like cholangiocarcinoma of the liver: an unusual morphologic variant with follicular, trabecular and insular patterns

We report the case of a 26-year-old woman with a 19 cm malignant hepatic neoplasm with morphological features that closely resembled a follicular thyroid carcinoma. Despite this, it was interpreted as a cholangiocarcinoma due to the absence of a primary thyroid tumor and the lack of thyroglobulin an...

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Main Authors: Fredy Chablé-Montero, MD, Amy Shah BS, Daniel Montante-Montes de Oca, Arturo Ángeles-Ángeles, Donald E. Henson, Jorge Albores-Saavedra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-11-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Thyroid-like pattern
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepar-1
TTF-1
Thyroglobulin
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119314279

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