A Resected Case of Primary Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Liver

Fuminori Ono, Ryuji Nakamura, Kohji Itoh, Noriko Kondoh and Noboru Noto

Department of Surgery, Towada City Central Hospital

A 78-year-old woman with abdominal pain admitted and diagnosed with cholangiocellular carcinoma underwent central bisegmentectomy of the liver and partial resection of the abdominal wall. The tumor was hard, yellowish-white, and invaded the gallbladder. The histological diagnosis was adenosquamous carcinoma consisting of both adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was readmitted with anal bleeding 11 months after operation. We detected stenosis of the transverse colon and partially resected the colon for local recurrence of adenosquamous carcinoma. The patient died 16 months after the first operation. Primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the liver is rarely encountered, and we review cases reported in the literature.

Key words
adenosquamous carcinoma of the liver

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Fuminori Ono Department of surgery, Towada City Central Hospital 14-8 Nishinijuniban-cho, Towada, 034-0093 JAPAN

Accepted
September 25, 2002

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