Unusual presentation; seeding of tumor after biopsy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular cancer is one of the most common and fatal cancer tumor worldwide. However, the obtained results are questionable in terms of medical treatment of hepatocellular cancer. The muscle, soft tissue and cutaneous metastases of hepatocellular cancer, for instance, are rare and may result from interventional procedures. Seeding of tumor along the biopsy needle upon percutaneous biopsy is a very rare phenomenon. We report a very rare case of a 79 -year- old man, known to be hepatitis C virus carrier with a metastatic tumor in abdominal wall caused by seeding of tumor after three years following a percutaneous biopsy procedure. Even years later, after a biopsy procedure for diagnostic purposes and may be soft tissue metastases. This complication is a very rare condition that should not be ignored but can be observed. The biopsy requirement should be questioned closely and avoided unnecessary biopsy procedures

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of nonalcoholic fatty Liver disease in the East-Southeastern Anatolia regions in Turkey

To identify the demographic and Clinicopathological characteristics of patients diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD] and the risk factors for fibrosis based on histopathological findings in East-Southeastern Anatolia regions in Turkey. The study included a total of 93 patients diagnosed with NAFLD from 5 different centers. Histopathological findings were evaluated by dividing them into four categories using Matteoni classifications. Cases with fibrosis were further evaluated using Brunt classifications. The patients with a nonalcoholic fatty liver were in the 3rd and 4th decade age groups. The mean age was 38 years, 76% of the patients were male, 85% were overweight, 37% were obese, 18% had type 2 diabetes mellitus, and 80.6% had hyperlipidemia. A multiple regression analysis showed that age, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and aspartate aminotransferase [AST] levels were linked with the severity of the disease. Of the 93 patients, 55 [59.1%] had fibrosis, of which 10.8% were classified as severe. The severity of fibrosis was significantly higher in obese patients. The risk factors for severity of NAFLD included advanced age, type 2 diabetes mellitus and serum AST level, while the risk factor for the severity of fibrosis was obesity