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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2013; 19(48): 9485-9489
Published online Dec 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9485
Published online Dec 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9485
Primary hepatic choriocarcinoma in a 49-year-old man: Report of a case
Ryosuke Sekine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Ibaraki 309-1793, Japan
Ryosuke Sekine, Masayuki Kojima, Yoshiyuki Meguro, Akifumi Suzuki, Taku Yokoyama, Department of Surgery, Hitachiomiya Saiseikai Hospital, Ibaraki 319-2256, Japan
Masanobu Hyodo, Alan T Lefor, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
Norio Hirota, Department of Pathology, Hirota Institute for Surgical Pathology, Tochigi 329-0403, Japan
Author contributions: Sekine R and Hyodo M contributed equally to this work; Sekine R and Hyodo M designed research; Sekine R, Kojima M, Meguro Y, Suzuki A, and Yokoyama T performed research; Lefor AT assisted manuscript revision and approved final version; Hirota N performed pathological diagnosis and research; Sekine R and Hyodo M wrote the paper.
Supported by Clinical Research Support Team of Jichi Medial University
Correspondence to: Masanobu Hyodo, MD, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. mhyodo@jichi.ac.jp
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Received: August 19, 2013
Revised: November 5, 2013
Accepted: November 12, 2013
Published online: December 28, 2013
Revised: November 5, 2013
Accepted: November 12, 2013
Published online: December 28, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: Evaluation of serum human chorionic gonadotropin levels in addition to other liver tumor markers should be performed in middle-aged men with undiagnosed hepatic tumors, to rule-out the possibility of primary hepatic choriocarcinoma. Liver biopsy is important to diagnose this rare and highly malignant tumor.