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HOME > J Liver Cancer > Volume 12(1); 2012 > Article
Case Report A Case of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma Less Than 1 cm
Yun Jeong Jo1, Young Kul Jung1, Dong Hae Chung2, Oh Sang Kwon1, Yun Soo Kim1, Duck Joo Choi1, Ju Hyun Kim1
Journal of Liver Cancer 2012;12(1):42-46
DOI: https://doi.org/
Published online: February 28, 2012
1Departments of Internal Medicine, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
2Departments of Pathology, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea
Corresponding author:  Young Kul Jung,
Email: 93cool@hanmail.net
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most important causes of cancer death in South Korea. Approximately two thirds of the patients are diagnosed in the advanced stage with multiple metastasis and underlying liver dysfunction, so they are not suitable to undergo curative resection. Small HCC has no consensus about diagnostic criteria but became known early stage HCC that means good prognosis. Cases of small HCC have been increasing with the progress of diagnostic methods. We experienced a case of incidentally found small HCC less than 1 cm from liver cirrhosis by liver dynamic imaging, so reported it.


JLC : Journal of Liver Cancer