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Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma: Case report
 
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Department of Oncology, JSC ‘Astana Medical University,’ Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan
 
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Chair of Pathological Anatomy, Multidisciplinary Medical Center, Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan
 
 
Submission date: 2020-04-09
 
 
Final revision date: 2020-05-22
 
 
Acceptance date: 2020-05-23
 
 
Online publication date: 2020-09-07
 
 
Corresponding author
Ivan I. Shtefanov   

Department of Oncology, JSC ‘Astana Medical University,’ 010000, 49A Beybitshilik Str., Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan. Tel.: +77172539424.
 
 
Pol. Ann. Med. 2020;27(2):194-199
 
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Introduction:
Fibrolamellar carcinoma is a rare primary hepatic malignant tumour, which was first described as a pathological variant of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aim:
The aim of the paper is to discuss the case report of surgical treatment of a multicentric form of presumably fibrolamellar carcinoma significantly exceeding the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging system criteria, although tumour size and multi-organ lesions are not a contraindication to resection.

Case study:
This case report is an original one because the surgical intervention was performed on a patient with a multicentric fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma with the initial foci of 16.0 × 12.0 × 9.0 cm and 10.5 × 8.7 × 7.5 cm.

Results and discussion:
The surgical intervention (right hemihepatectomy, lymphatic dissection D2) was performed as an independent treatment without prior chemotherapy.

Conclusions:
The surgical treatment occurred 5 years ago, and at the time of writing there has been no relapse and no sign of progression.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
None declared.
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