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Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma

Clinicoradiological and histopathological differentiation of pancreatoblastoma from hepatoblastoma can often be a challenge in clinical practice owing to their peculiar resemblance. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with a right hypochondriac region mass, which was diagnosed as hepatoblastoma on...

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Autores principales: Prabhu, Aruna, Bhagat, Monica, Ramadwar, Mukta, Qureshi, Sajid S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27046982
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.176969
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author Prabhu, Aruna
Bhagat, Monica
Ramadwar, Mukta
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description Clinicoradiological and histopathological differentiation of pancreatoblastoma from hepatoblastoma can often be a challenge in clinical practice owing to their peculiar resemblance. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with a right hypochondriac region mass, which was diagnosed as hepatoblastoma on the basis of imaging, raised tumor marker, and biopsy; however, pancreatic origin of the mass was ascertained on exploration and pancreatoblastoma was confirmed on histopathology.
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spelling pubmed-47901362016-04-04 Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma Prabhu, Aruna Bhagat, Monica Ramadwar, Mukta Qureshi, Sajid S. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Clinicoradiological and histopathological differentiation of pancreatoblastoma from hepatoblastoma can often be a challenge in clinical practice owing to their peculiar resemblance. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with a right hypochondriac region mass, which was diagnosed as hepatoblastoma on the basis of imaging, raised tumor marker, and biopsy; however, pancreatic origin of the mass was ascertained on exploration and pancreatoblastoma was confirmed on histopathology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4790136/ /pubmed/27046982 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.176969 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Prabhu, Aruna
Bhagat, Monica
Ramadwar, Mukta
Qureshi, Sajid S.
Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma
title Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma
title_full Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma
title_fullStr Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma
title_short Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma
title_sort pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: a diagnostic dilemma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27046982
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.176969
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