Open AccessHepatoblastoma in an 82‐Year‐old Man. An Autopsy Case Report
Author(s) -
Oda Hideaki,
Honda Kazuho,
Hara Mitsuru,
Arase Yasuji,
Ikeda Kenji,
Kumada Hiromitsu
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1990.tb03325.x
Subject(s) - hepatoblastoma , autopsy , pathology , mesenchymal stem cell , medicine , biology
An autopsy case of adult hepatoblastoma is presented. The patient was an 8 2 year‐old male with chronic hepatitis of 7 years' duration. The liver tumor was detected 6 months before death. Autopsy revealed a large hepatic tumor occupying about 80% of the entire liver. Histologically, the tumor showed typical features of mixed epithelial and mesenchymal type hepatoblastoma. The epithelial component consisted of fetal and embryonal cell types. The mesenchymal component showed primitive spindle‐shaped cells with various degrees of cellularity. Chondroid areas and a few foci of osteoid formation were also present. Acta Pathol Jpn 40: 212‐218, 1990.