What is Fibrolamellar?

 

Primary liver cancer = cancer that originates/begins in the liver
Secondary liver cancer = cancer originated somewhere else but has spread to the liver
Liver resection surgery =  when part of the liver is removed
Hepatocellular Carcinoma = liver cancer, fibrolamellar is a subtype of liver cancer

 

Fibrolamellar is a variant of hepatocellular carcinoma that usually occurs in young patients between ages 20 to 40. The fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma differs from the "classical" form of hepatocellular carcinoma in several important aspects including:

     (below: CT scan of fibrolamellar tumor)