TY - JOUR
T1 - An autopsied case of esophageal cancer metastasizing to primary hepatocellular carcinoma
AU - Doihara, H.
AU - Takiyama, W.
AU - Moriwaki, S.
AU - Mandai, K.
AU - Nakanishi, Y.
AU - Takashima, S.
PY - 1989/3
Y1 - 1989/3
N2 - An autopsied case of an esophageal cancer metastasizing to a primary hepatocellular carcinoma is reported. Histologically, the esophageal cancer revealed a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma was determined as being an Edmondson Type I, arranged predominantly in a trabecular pattern, and was not concomitant with liver cirrhosis. Metastasis of one malignant tumor to another in the same individual is extremely rare. In most cases, such tumors metastasize to a renal cancer, because the kidney has a rich vascularity with an abundant blood supply. Thus we presumed that the esophageal cancer had metastasized to a hepatocellular carcinoma, due to this rich vascularity, though no liver cirrhosis was found in the recipient host tumor.
AB - An autopsied case of an esophageal cancer metastasizing to a primary hepatocellular carcinoma is reported. Histologically, the esophageal cancer revealed a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma was determined as being an Edmondson Type I, arranged predominantly in a trabecular pattern, and was not concomitant with liver cirrhosis. Metastasis of one malignant tumor to another in the same individual is extremely rare. In most cases, such tumors metastasize to a renal cancer, because the kidney has a rich vascularity with an abundant blood supply. Thus we presumed that the esophageal cancer had metastasized to a hepatocellular carcinoma, due to this rich vascularity, though no liver cirrhosis was found in the recipient host tumor.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 2541270
AN - SCOPUS:0024633099
VL - 35
SP - 516
EP - 522
JO - Gan no rinsho. Japan journal of cancer clinics
JF - Gan no rinsho. Japan journal of cancer clinics
SN - 0021-4949
IS - 4
ER -