MEDICAL BIOLOGY, HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Y.I. Fedoniuk 2010

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY

CHAPTER 7. THE NUTRITIONAL PROCESS AND ITS PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

LIVER PATHOLOGY

5. LIVER CANCER

Liver Cancer can be either primary or secondary (metastatic). Primary liver cancer originates from hepatocytes (hepatocellular carcinoma) and the epithelium of the Bile ducts (cholangiocellular carcinoma) and is very rare. Hepatocellular carcinoma typically develops against the Background of cirrhosis and rarely in a normal liver. Occasionally, the tumor grows from a solitary node. The neoplasm consists of atypical hepatic Cells (both small and large) arranged either in solid sheets or trabeculae. These cells often retain The ability to produce bile in both the primary node and metastases. Metastases occur within the liver itself and, less commonly, in other Organs.



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