Secondary malignant tumors accompanied by primary hepatocellular carcinoma

The occurrence of liver cirrhosis and PHC cases were analyzed from the autopsy material of three hospitals. In the course of this work 13,369 autopsy reports were examined. In 339 cases liver cirrhosis was established, the frequency of association with PHC was 19.4% (66 cases). Out of 66 PHC cases 17 (25.6%) were associated with a secondary malignant tumor. This number is 10 times greater than that of other tumors of epithelial origin. It also exceeds the enlarged number of linked secondary tumors as shown in the case of certain lymphoproliferative diseases.