Histologic Classification of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Its Clinical Implications

This chapter focuses on the histologic classification of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with an emphasis on the clinical implications of the various subtypes. Scirrhous, steatohepatitic, lymphoepithelioma-like, fibrolamellar, sarcomatoid, undifferentiated, and diffuse cirrhosis-like HCC along with a brief discussion of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma will be discussed.