Hepatobiliary malignancies. Primary hepatic malignant neoplasms

Abstract

Primary hepatic tumors are epithelial, mesenchymal, or mixed in origin. Of these, epithelial tumors are the most common and include hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, mixed hepatocholangiocarcinoma, hepatoblastoma, and a variety of more rare tumors. Hepatocellular carcinoma, also know as hepatoma or malignant hepatoma, is the most common, followed by cholangiocarcinoma. This article discusses these two malignancies.