Advanced hepatoblastoma: successful liver resection following preoperative chemotherapy.
We present a case of advanced hepatobastoma in a 9-month-old child who was treated with chemotherapy (three cycles of PLADO regimen conisting of cisplatin and Adriamycin) followed by surgical excision (left lobectomy). At 1-year follow up, the is doing well and is disease-free.
Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated Kalawati Saran Children Hospital, New Delhi.
S Roy
SR
Choudhury
Dharmendra
D
Singh
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin