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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common human cancers with an annual incidence of about 1,000,000 cases worldwide. Although hepatocellular carcinoma is predominant in hepatitis B virus endemic areas, it has also become a major problem in Europe, Japan and North America in close association with the increasing incidence of hepatitis C virus infection. The pathogenetic role of hepatitis C virus infection in the development of HBsAg-negative hepatocellular carcinoma needs to be clarified. In this paper the case of a 66-year-old HBsAg-negative and anti-HCV positive female who developed hepatocellular carcinoma in a cirrhotic liver is reported. After 1 year of follow up, urgent laparotomy had to be performed due to highly differentiated ovarian metastases of the hepatocellular carcinoma. Plus- and minus-stranded HCV-RNA was detected by reverse transcription and "nested" polymerase chain reaction in both the patient's serum and in the metastatic ovarian tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0168-8278
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of hepatitis C virus replication in ovarian metastases of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
I. Department of Internal Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't