cirrhosis and primary (liver cancer) carcinoma incidence in iran

the incidence of cirrhosis and primary hepatic carcinoma in the autopsy material is studied. in 4389 autopsies performed, during the last 9 years we found 134 (3%) cases of cirrhosis and 24 (0.5%) cases of primary hepatic carcinoma. the majority of the patients were from northwest and west part of the city. of the 134 cases of cirrhosis 90 correspond to the portal type, 24 to the post-necrotic type, 12 to the biliary cirrhosis, 6 to the post-hepatitis cirrhosis and two cardiac cisrhosis. 19 of our 134 cases of cirrhosis, occured in children between the age of 4months to 13 years. the liver of the 90 cases diagnosed, portal cirrhosis were characterized grossely by weights from 510-2800 gr and fine uniformly nodular surface. micscopically there was marked, fatty change of hepatic cells, focal and spotty necrosis and delicated fibrillary tongue, interconnecting portal spaces. of the 24 cases post-necrotic cirrhosis 4 had had (26%) an antecedent jaundice. the liver ranged, from 700-2500 gr., presenting broad scarring and coars nodules. in bur six cases, post-hepatitic cirrhosis, the liver were redish brown, and presented uniform nodules, 0,5 to 1.5 cm. in diameter. liver weights varried form 850 to 1200 gr. microscopically 17 cases of carcinoma were hepato-carcinoma, two presented mixed structures of hepatoma and 5 cases were cholangio carcinoma. six of hepatomas showed previous portal cirrhosis and one mixed carcinoma showed previous portal cirrhosis.