Metastases can occur in cirrhotic livers with patent portal veins

Diagnostic Pathology

Table 3 Previous studies of metastases in patients with cirrhotic livers

Reference	Publication Year	Overall autopsies	Autopsies with cirrhosis	Autopsies with cirrhosis and extrahepatic cancer	Autopsies with metastases in cirrhotic livers
Lisa et al[16]	1942	6,036		22	6
Wallach et al[3]	1953	10,156	441	67	3
Lieber[1]	1957	29,779	1,073	133	6
Gall[14]	1960	1,001	682	108	29
Ruebner et al[19]	1961	23,000	399	54	11
Norkin et al[18]	1962	15,713	1,268	121	37
Goldstein[15]	1969	4,166		31	12
Melato et al[17]	1989	11,752	1,029	160	29
Vanbockrijck et al[20]	1992	2,162	153	30	10
Pereira-Lima et al[2]	2003	7,092	111	6	0
Summary		110,857	5,156	732	143

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