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ADULT HEPATOBLASTOMA: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Author(s) -
Harada Toshiro,
Matsuo Katsuichi,
Kodama Shohta,
Higashihara Hideyuki,
Nakayama Yoshifuku,
Ikeda Seiyo
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb00681.x
Subject(s) - hepatoblastoma , medicine , autopsy , radiology , arterial embolization , lesion , embolization , general surgery , surgery , pathology
We report a case of hepatoblastoma in a 24 year old woman. The tumour was removed by an extended right lobectomy after transcatheter hepatic arterial embolization. A survey of the literature revealed 31 cases of adult hepatoblastoma. According to these reports there are no characteristic clinical features of the tumour, making a correct diagnosis before surgery or autopsy extremely difficult. Complete removal of the tumour is the only treatment which is potentially curative provided that lesion is confined within the liver capsule.