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. 1995;9(1):51–53. doi: 10.1155/1995/63128

Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carsinoma “It is not a Ordinary Case for Mediterranean Countries”

Ismail Arslan 1, Köksal Öner 1, Sadik Kiliffturgay 1, Nihat Agar 1, Fahrettin Alpaslan 1
PMCID: PMC2443762  PMID: 8857455

Abstract

The fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an uncommon tumour with distinctive clinical and histological features. Although the first case of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FI-HCC) was described by Edmondson in 1956, and later confirmed in five patients by Peters, the majority of reports followed those of Berman et al. and Craig et al. 1,2.

A case of FI-HCC, which is rarely diagnosed in Mediterranean countries including Turkey, is presented in the following report.

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