PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kwon, J. E.
AU  - Kim, S. H.
AU  - Cho, N. H.
TI  - No ancillary finding is valid to distinguish a primary ovarian hepatoid carcinoma from metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
AID  - 10.1136/ijgc-00009577-200607000-00032
DP  - 2006 Jul 01
TA  - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
PG  - 1691--1694
VI  - 16
IP  - 4
4099  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/16/4/1691.short
4100  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/16/4/1691.full
SO  - Int J Gynecol Cancer2006 Jul 01; 16
AB  - Primary ovarian hepatoid carcinomas (POHC) are extremely rare. Especially rare are those with phenotypic properties of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and an absence of clinical evidence of hepatic tumor. We report a case of a POHC with a common microscopic, immunophenotypic, and ultrastructural property of HCC in the absence of a liver mass. It is extremely difficult to differentiate POHC from metastatic HCC using any kinds of ancillary studies, with the exception of clinical identification of a hepatic tumor.