Research Article

Value and Limits of Routine Histology Alone or Combined with Glutamine Synthetase Immunostaining in the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Adenoma Subtypes on Surgical Specimens

Table 1

Pathological data of HCA subtypes.

H-HCA ( )IHCA ( )b-IHCA ( )b-HCA ( )UHCA ( )

Steatosis4317112
>60%/30–60%/10–30%11/19/131/8/80/0/11/0/01/1/0
Focal/spread/diffuse9/22/1215/2/01/0/01/0/02/0/0
Sinusoidal dilatation1140903
Major/moderate/mild0/4/712/19/93/3/300/1/2
Focal/spread/diffuse10/1/023/12/58/1/002/1/0
Peliosis910503
Pseudo-PT140600
Inflammation043710
Ductular reaction031402
Remodeling57313
Cytological abnormalities20002
Micro-HCA*2416100
Others types of nodules104110
NTL
 Steatosis212203
  Sinusoidal dilatation16112
 NASH01000
 Fibrosis01201
 Portal embolisation04110

HCA: hepatocellular adenoma; H-HCA: HNF1α mutated HCA; IHCA: inflammatory HCA; b-IHCA: β-catenin mutated IHCA; b-HCA: β-catenin mutated HCA; UHCA: unclassified HCA; PT: Portal Tract; *: at distance of main tumor; NASH: non alcoholic steatohepatitis; NTL: non tumoral liver.