原发性肝癌(primary liver cancer,PLC),是全球第5大常见的恶性肿瘤,占肿瘤致死原因的第3位,全球每年有超过50万人患有肝癌,其中一半以上在中国[1]。该病起病隐匿,早期缺乏典型症状,大多数患者就诊时已经属于中晚期,且临床表现多样化,其中易误诊为肝脓肿。我科2002-2010年收治原发性肝癌误诊为肝脓肿6例,现报告如下。1临床资料 Primary liver cancer (PLC) is the fifth most common malignancy in the world, accounting for the third leading cause of cancer deaths. Over 500,000 people worldwide each year suffer from liver cancer, of which more than half are in China [1] . The disease occult onset, the early lack of typical symptoms, the majority of patients already belong to the treatment of advanced stage, and the clinical manifestations of diversity, which is often misdiagnosed as liver abscess. Our department from 2002 to 2010 admitted to primary liver cancer misdiagnosed as liver abscess in 6 cases, are as follows. 1 clinical data