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Reiji Kokubo1, Kazuhiro Saito1, Natsuhiko Shirota1
1Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Abstract:
Clear cell hepatocellular carcinoma (CHCC) is defined as a tumor which contains more than 50% of clear cells. However, CHCC with more than 90% of clear cells are extremely rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman who was found to have a solitary mass, which was histologically diagnosed as clear cell hepatocellular carcinoma composed of 90% or more clear cells. The tumor presented rim arterial phase hyperenhancement in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography during hepatic arteriography, and was classified as LR-M category according to The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2018(LI-RADS v2018). This tumor may mimic other tumors with similar radiographic features, such as intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma and metastatic tumor.
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