| Literature DB >> 12924502 |
Tomiko Ryu1, Satoshi Nishimura, Hideaki Miura, Haruki Yamada, Haruhiko Morita, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Shigehiro Kitamura, Yasusada Miura, Toshikazu Saito.
Abstract
A 66-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) showed marked thrombocytosis (110.7 x 10(4)/microl). Bone marrow (BM) aspirates demonstrated an increase of mature megakaryocytes (MgK). The serum thrombopoietin (TPO) level was increased to about 100-fold that of the normal level in the terminal stage. However, the platelet count gradually decreased to 13.5 x 10(4)/microl. The autopsy specimen revealed normoplastic BM with decreased MgK, mainly consisting of the immature type, and it was negative for tumor cells. Liver specimen showed markedly fatty metamorphosis. Immunohistochemical staining of TPO demonstrated that hepatocytes were weakly stained and HCC cells strongly stained, suggesting TPO-producing HCC.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12924502 DOI： 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.730
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med ISSN： 0918-2918 Impact factor: 1.271