FIBROLAMELLAR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA - CASE-REPORTS AND A REVIEW OFTHE LITERATURE

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma is an uncommon malignancy seen in young adults without underlying liver disease. Physical signs are m inimal and laboratory values are noncontributory. Diagnosis is suggest ed by clinical history, supported by radiographic studies, and confirm ed by histologic examination. Individuals with fibrolamellar carcinoma generally have a greater survival than those with hepatocellular carc inoma. Although most patients with fibrolamellar carcinoma undergo cur ative surgery, two of the three patients we report had inoperable tumo rs.