Extracapsular penetration is a new prognostic factor in human hepatocellular carcinoma
Tomohiro Iguchi1, Shinichi Aishima, Akinobu Taketomi
1Department of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
|September 5, 2008
Abstract:
The fibrous capsule is a unique characteristic of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and acts as a barricade preventing the spread of cancer cells. Infiltration to the capsule (fc-inf) is the invasive feature in HCC; however, there are no reports of a detailed investigation regarding fc-inf. We selected 88 HCCs of


