The Liver and Bile Ducts The normal adult liver weighs 1400 to 1600 g. It has a dual blood supply, with the portal vein providing 60% to 70% of hepatic blood flow and the hepatic artery supplying the remaining 30% to…
Processing Techniques Specimen analysis should include information important for tumor staging, and mandatory cancer synoptic features should be noted in the gross description. This includes tumor size (size and location of the five largest nodules in cases with multiple tumors,…
Because of its anatomical and functional complexity, the liver is involved in as many primary hepatic disorders as extrahepatic or systemic problems. It is always important to think ‘out of the organ’ when dealing with tumours and tumour-like lesions of…
Liver Benign Hepatocellular Lesions in Noncirrhotic Liver Hepatocellular Adenoma Clinical Features. Hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs) historically have been seen mostly in younger women during their reproductive years but are rare in men and children. In recent years, however, HCAs have developed…