Journal of Current Surgery, ISSN 1927-1298 print, 1927-1301 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 4, Number 1, February 2014, pages 26-28

Spontaneous Complete Necrosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Possible Immune System Hypothesis

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Hepatic MRI. Nodular lesion in the VII segment (T1 VIBE sequence).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Hepatic MRI. Nodular lesion in the VII segment (T2 sequence).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (May-Grunwald-Giemsa stain, × 400). Cluster of tumor cells resembling hepatocytes with spherical nuclei and conspicuous nucleoli.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. (A, B) The anatomopathologic results (HE staining). Complete necrose of the tumor. a = necrose of the tumor. b = macrophages band and inflammatory granuloma. c = normal hepatocytes. d = biliary duct. e = vessel.