Hepatic neoplasms in childhood - a clinicopathologic study.
Primary hepatic tumours are rare in childhood. We observed nine cases between 1976 and 1995, of which eight were hepatoblastomas and one a mesenchymal hamartoma. A male-to-female ratio of 2:1 was noted; 78% of the cases occurred in children below 2 years of age. Five hepatoblastomas were of the pure epithelial type; mesenchymal components encountered in the mixed type were cartilage, bone, and spindle sarcomatous cells.
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Department of a Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 575 001, India.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies