title: The radiological investigation of hepatocellular carcinoma in children.
abstract: Malignant liver tumours are not unusual in infancy and childhood. Hepatocellular carcinoma is however much less common than hepatoblastoma. Four children with hepatocellular carcinoma, 2 Black and 2 White, have been seen at Baragwanath Hospital and the Johannesburg Hospital in the past 8 years. Three children were under 4 years of age, with no known predisposing cause; 1 child was 11 years old and had a history of tyrosinosis. The radiological investigation of liver tumours is discussed.
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography