Review Article

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Case reports of HCC associated with NAFLD [7].

Case numberAge (years)Sex ComorbidityInterval between liver disease and HCC (years)Number/size (cm) HCCLiver histologyTreatmentSurvival

152FDM4Mult/—CirrhosisResectionDead
262MDM, Ob41/3CirrhosisPEIDead
372FDM103/1.4CirrhosisNRNR
467FDM01/2.6FibrosisResectionNR
566FDM2.51/1.5CirrhosisResectionRecurrence
668FNR21/2CirrhosisTAEAlive
769FDM, Ob0.51/2.5CirrhosisTAIRecurrence
872MOb01/3CirrhosisTAE, PEIRecurrence
963MDLP, Ob01/2CirrhosisResectionAlive
1056MDM0Mult/6CirrhosisTAEDead
1176MDM, Ob101/1.9CirrhosisRFAAlive
1274MDM, Ob01/4FibrosisResectionNR
1364MDM, Ob01/—SteatosisTAE, resectionAlive
1467FRes. Ins22/1.5CirrhosisTAEDead
1564MOb, DLP0Mult/13FibrosisNRDead
1670MDM, Ob01/4.5CirrhosisTAE, resectionNR

M: male, F: female, DM: diabetes mellitus, Ob: obese, DLP: dyslipidemia, Mult: multinodular, PEI: percutaneous ethanol injection, TAE: transarterial embolization, TAI: transarterial chemotherapy infusion, RFA: radiofrequency ablation, and NR: not reported.