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A case of a large cholangiolocellular carcinoma

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Cholangiolocellular carcinoma (CoCC) is a rare malignant primary liver tumor that is considered to originate from the canals of Hering, where hepatic progenitor cells are located. CoCC has various clinicopathological findings, therefore it is difficult to describe a clear diagnostic criteria for CoCC. Reported is a case of a large CoCC in a 45-year-old Japanese woman, which could not be preoperatively diagnosed as CoCC. The final diagnosis of CoCC was determined by pathological observation. Since both the biological behavior and diagnostic criteria of CoCC remain unclear, it is necessary to accumulate more information on CoCCs in order to elucidate these characteristic findings.

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PT:

Prothrombin time

ICG:

Indocyanine green

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  1. Division of Hepatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan

    Moe Kadono, Kiminori Kimura, Jun Imamura, Shunichi Saeki & Seishu Hayashi

  2. Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan

    Masanao Kurata, Goro Honda & Koji Tsuruta

  3. Division of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan

    Shinichiro Horiguchi

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Kadono, M., Kimura, K., Imamura, J. et al. A case of a large cholangiolocellular carcinoma. Clin J Gastroenterol 4, 340–346 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-011-0250-9

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