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A "Patient-Like" Orthotopic Syngeneic Mouse Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis
Published on: October 24, 2015
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Metastatic mediastinal hepatoid adenocarcinoma
Gayle Caruana1, Robert Cachia2, Sara Micallef2
1Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta gayle.caruana.1@gov.mt.
BMJ Case Reports
|April 9, 2024
Summary
Hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) is a rare mediastinal tumor resembling liver cancer. Diagnosis is often delayed due to non-specific symptoms, with most patients presenting with metastatic disease requiring chemotherapy.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Pathology
Background:
- Hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) is a rare extrahepatic tumor.
- It shares pathological and morphological similarities with hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Common sites for extrahepatic HAC include the stomach, ovaries, lung, gallbladder, pancreas, and uterus.

