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Spontaneous complete necrosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report
Ai-Jun Li1, Meng-Chao Wu, Wen-Ming Cong
1Eastern Hospital of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China. liaijun172@163.com
Abstract:
Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rare. We found spontaneous regression of HCC in a 53-year-old Chinese with liver cirrhosis. A liver mass 3 cm in diameter was revealed by B-ultrasonography. The resected mass showed histologically complete necrosis. The necrotic tissue was filled with large debris from a neoplastic tissue, regardless of no viable tumor cells were seen among them. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient is alive and well for 4 years after surgery.

