Spontaneous complete necrosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2003 Feb;2(1):152-4.

Abstract

Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rare. We found spontaneous regression of HCC in a 53-year-old Chinese with liver cirrhosis. A liver mass 3 cm in diameter was revealed by B-ultrasonography. The resected mass showed histologically complete necrosis. The necrotic tissue was filled with large debris from a neoplastic tissue, regardless of no viable tumor cells were seen among them. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient is alive and well for 4 years after surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / pathology*