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Mesenchymal Hamartoma Mimicking Hepatoblastoma

Mesenchymal hamartoma and hepatoblastoma are common causes of hepatic masses in pediatric population; they have similar radiologic and pathologic features. Herein, we present a case of mesenchymal hamartoma that was preoperatively diagnosed as hepatoblastoma. The mass was completely resected instead...

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Autores principales: Bahador, A., Geramizadeh, B., Rezazadehkermani, M., Moslemi, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013683
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author Bahador, A.
Geramizadeh, B.
Rezazadehkermani, M.
Moslemi, S.
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description Mesenchymal hamartoma and hepatoblastoma are common causes of hepatic masses in pediatric population; they have similar radiologic and pathologic features. Herein, we present a case of mesenchymal hamartoma that was preoperatively diagnosed as hepatoblastoma. The mass was completely resected instead of being treated with preoperative chemotherapy. Postoperative pathological evaluation revealed mesenchymal hamartoma with free margins; the patient incidentally received the standard treatment. If we would have measured serum AFP in our patient, we could make the correct diagnosis preoperatively, because AFP increases largely in hepatoblastoma. When suspicious exists, serum AFP is a good guide in differentiating hepatoblastoma from mesenchymal hamartoma.
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spelling pubmed-40893362014-07-10 Mesenchymal Hamartoma Mimicking Hepatoblastoma Bahador, A. Geramizadeh, B. Rezazadehkermani, M. Moslemi, S. Int J Organ Transplant Med Case Report Mesenchymal hamartoma and hepatoblastoma are common causes of hepatic masses in pediatric population; they have similar radiologic and pathologic features. Herein, we present a case of mesenchymal hamartoma that was preoperatively diagnosed as hepatoblastoma. The mass was completely resected instead of being treated with preoperative chemotherapy. Postoperative pathological evaluation revealed mesenchymal hamartoma with free margins; the patient incidentally received the standard treatment. If we would have measured serum AFP in our patient, we could make the correct diagnosis preoperatively, because AFP increases largely in hepatoblastoma. When suspicious exists, serum AFP is a good guide in differentiating hepatoblastoma from mesenchymal hamartoma. Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute 2014 2014-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4089336/ /pubmed/25013683 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Mesenchymal Hamartoma Mimicking Hepatoblastoma
title_fullStr Mesenchymal Hamartoma Mimicking Hepatoblastoma
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title_short Mesenchymal Hamartoma Mimicking Hepatoblastoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013683
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