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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 Dec;131(12):1776–1781. doi: 10.5858/2007-131-1776-apsovm

Table 2.

Comparison of Cause of Liver Disease and Vasculogenic Mimicry (VM) Expression and Tumor Recurrence

Cause of Liver Disease VM Positive VM Negative Tumor Recurrence
Autoimmune hepatitis (n = 1) 0 1 0
Cryptogenic cirrhosis (n = 1) 1 0 1
Alcohol-induced cirrhosis (n = 1) 1 0 1
Chronic hepatitis B virus cirrhosis (n = 1) 1 0 1
Chronic hepatitis C virus cirrhosis (n = 12) 7 5 6*
Chronic hepatitis C virus and alcohol-induced cirrhosis (n = 1) 1 0 0
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (n = 2) 0 2 0
Primary biliary cirrhosis (n = 1) 0 1 0
Total 11 9 9
*

Recurrences were positive for VM in 5 of 6 cases.