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1659005

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-27
pubmed:abstractText
Out of all the cases seen at autopsy at Ibadan during the study period (1974-1986) ninety-eight patients had primary liver cancer. One of the patients had cholangiocarcinoma. The pattern of metastasis and causes of death of these patients have been studied and discussed in comparison with reports in the literature. The distribution of sites of metastasis in our patients were lungs (37.8%), portal vein (37.8%) and regional lymph nodes (20.4%). We have also shown that the pattern of metastasis of hepatoma arising from cirrhotic liver appears to be different from that of non-cirrhotic liver; the former being more likely to involve the portal vein and regional lymph nodes, while the latter involves more bones. The common causes of death among our patients were bleeding, advanced malignancy and liver failure in 60.2 per cent, 71.4 per cent and 11.2 per cent respectively. Despite recent advances in the management of hepatoma, the above complications remained as major problems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-636X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Pattern of metastasis of primary liver cancer at autopsy: an African series.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article