System: Gastrointestinal: Liver: Neoplastic: Thorotrast Related Cholangiocarcinoma
refractile material Image
closer view of nice brown refractile granules, present usually within mononuclear cells Image
cholangioca Image
irregular gland forming and lots of desmoplasia Image
The half-life of ThO2 is 14 billion years and so Thorotrast is never eliminated -- puts one at risk for cholangiocarcinoma, HCC, and angiosarcoma