Pediatric Primary Hepatic Tumors: Diagnostic Considerations

The liver is the third most common site of abdominal tumors in children. This review article aims to summarize current evidence surrounding identification and diagnosis of primary hepatic tumors in the pediatric population based upon clinical presentation, epidemiology, and risk factors as well as c...

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Autores principales: Lucas, Bryony, Ravishankar, Sanjita, Pateva, Irina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7922091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33670452
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11020333
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description The liver is the third most common site of abdominal tumors in children. This review article aims to summarize current evidence surrounding identification and diagnosis of primary hepatic tumors in the pediatric population based upon clinical presentation, epidemiology, and risk factors as well as classical imaging, histopathological, and molecular diagnostic findings. Readers will be able to recognize the features and distinguish between benign and malignant hepatic tumors within different age groups.
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spelling pubmed-79220912021-03-03 Pediatric Primary Hepatic Tumors: Diagnostic Considerations Lucas, Bryony Ravishankar, Sanjita Pateva, Irina Diagnostics (Basel) Review The liver is the third most common site of abdominal tumors in children. This review article aims to summarize current evidence surrounding identification and diagnosis of primary hepatic tumors in the pediatric population based upon clinical presentation, epidemiology, and risk factors as well as classical imaging, histopathological, and molecular diagnostic findings. Readers will be able to recognize the features and distinguish between benign and malignant hepatic tumors within different age groups. MDPI 2021-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7922091/ /pubmed/33670452 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11020333 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pediatric Primary Hepatic Tumors: Diagnostic Considerations
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title_short Pediatric Primary Hepatic Tumors: Diagnostic Considerations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7922091/
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