We report an 80-year-old man who presented with sponta- neous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).He complained of sudden right flank pain and low-grade fever. The level of protein induced by vitamin K antagon...
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We report an 80-year-old man who presented with sponta- neous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).He complained of sudden right flank pain and low-grade fever. The level of protein induced by vitamin K antagonist(PIVKA)- II was 1 137 mAU/mL.A computed tomography scan in November 2000 demonstrated a low-density mass located in liver S4 with marginal enhancement and a cystic mass of 68 mm×55 mm in liver S6,with slightly high density content and without marginal *** revealed that the tumor in S4 with a size of 25 mm×20 mm was a typical hypervascular HCC,and transarterial chemoembolization was ***,the tumor in S6 was hypovascular and atypical of HCC,and thus no therapy was *** December 2000,the cystic mass regressed spontaneously to 57 min×44 mm,and aspiration cytology revealed bloody fluid,and the mass was diagnosed cytologically as class I. The tumor in S4 was treated successfully with a 5 mm margin of safety around *** PIVKA-II level normalized in February *** July 2001,the tumor regressed further but presented with an enhanced area at the posterior *** November 2001,the enhanced area extended,and a biopsy revealed well-differentiated HCC,although the previous tumor in S4 *** demonstrated two tumor stains,one was in S6,which was previously hypovascular, and the other was in ***,the PIVKA-II level started to rise with the doubling time of 2-3 wk,and the tumor grew rapidly despite repeated transarterial embolization with gel *** February 2003,the patient died of bleeding into the peritoneal cavity from the tumor that occupied almost the entire right *** the acute onset of the symptoms,we speculate that local ischemia possibly due to rapid tumor growth,resulted in intratumoral bleeding and/or hemorrhagic necrosis,and finally spontaneous regression of the initial tumor in S6.
AIM:It is reasonable to assume that microchimerism could also be involved in the induction of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).However,previous reports investigated only fetus-microchimerism in women *** microchimerism...
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AIM:It is reasonable to assume that microchimerism could also be involved in the induction of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).However,previous reports investigated only fetus-microchimerism in women *** microchimerism has not been investigated until now. The current study aimed to clear either maternal microchimerism was involved in the pathogenesis of PBC or not. METHODS:We used fluorescence in situ hybridization on paraffin-embedded tissue (We called“Tissue-FiSH”.) to determine whether maternal cells infiltrated in male patients who were diagnosed as having ***-FiSH was performed by using both X and Y specific probes on the biopsy liver sample of 3 male PBC patients. RESULTS:Infiltrating lymphocytes demonstrated both X and Y signals in all 3 male patients. CONCLUSION:Maternal microchimerism dose not play a significant role in *** may not relate to fetus and maternal microchimerism.
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