Adenocarcinoma of the liver and intrahepatic biliary tract

Definition

A rare hepatic and biliary tract tumor characterized by a growth pattern ressembling that found in hepatocellular carcinomas and cholangiocarcinomas but presenting atypical histological and immunohistochemical features (such as trabecular, organoid, microcystic and/or blastemal-like architecture and inhibin A, cytokeratin 7 and/or cytokeratin 19 positivity) that do not allow a formal diagnosis of the more common aforementioned liver cancers. Patients may present abdominal distension and pain, a palpable abdominal mass and elevated liver enzymes.