Patients with both hepatocellular and chnlangiocarcinoma and their clinicopathological features / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma (HCC-CC) is a unique primary epithelial tumor of the liver classified by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) as a tumor containing elements of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC).The clinical diagnosis is established by histopathology and a firm pathological diagnosis from definitive evidence of HCC and CC differentiation.HCC-CC's clinical features tend to resemble hepatocellular carcinoma in regards to venous infiltration and like cholangiocarcinoma with respect to lymph node metastasis.To date,the biological behavior of HCC-CC remains ill-defined; however its prognosis seems to be worse than just HCC.Conversely,it is unclear whether the prognosis of HCC-CC is better than that of only ICC.This paper reviews recent studies on the clinicopathological behavior of HCC-CC.