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Abdominal computed tomography shows a well-circumscribed space-occupying lesion in the right lobe, measuring 7 cm in the largest diameter.
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B surface antigen was positive. Both abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a well-circumscribed spaceoccupying lesion in the right lobe, measuring 7 cm in the largest diameter (Figure 1).
Papanicolaou's smears reveal high cellularity.
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Papanicolaou's smears revealed high celluiarity (Figure 2).
Many clusters of polygonal cells show long, thick anastomosing cords covered by flattened endothelial cells. The polygonal cells show small hepatocytoid appearance, characterized by increased nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio (inlet)
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Many clusters of polygonal cells showed long, thick anastomosing cords covered by flattened endothelial cells (Figure 3). The polygonal cells showed small hepatocytoid appearance, characterized by increased nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio (Figure 3, inlet), and the cytologic diagnosis was a well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.
Abdominal computed tomography shows no definite evidence of space-occupying lesion in the right hepatic lobe where the tumor was located, and the liver shows fine nodularity on the surface.
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The liver showed fine nodularity on the surface (Figure 4).