Open AccessHepatoblastoma in the neonatal period: An unusual presentation
Author(s) -
S. Chattopadhyay,
Shravanti Mukherjee,
Anup Kumar Boler,
Abhishek Sharma,
Surajit Kumar Biswas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.103945
Subject(s) - hepatoblastoma , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , alpha fetoprotein , period (music) , cytology , subtyping , pediatrics , pathology , radiology , hepatocellular carcinoma , physics , acoustics , programming language , computer science
Hepatoblastoma (HBL) is a rare primary malignant liver tumor affecting mainly pediatric patients in the age group 6 months to 3 years. Presentation of HBL in the neonatal period is rare. HBL can be diagnosed on cytology along with subtyping. Estimation of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is essential as a tumor marker. Fetal type HBL usually shows high AFP level. In this report, diagnosis of HBL in a 10-day-old baby with low serum AFP is being described for its unusual presentation.