title: Solitary infantile choriocarcinoma of the liver: MRI findings.
abstract: Infantile hepatic choriocarcinoma is a rare, highly malignant germ-cell tumour believed to result from a choriocarcinoma of the placenta that spreads to the child. Most infants present with a characteristic clinical picture of anaemia, hepatomegaly and precocious puberty. Imaging findings, including conventional MRI, may be non-specific. To improve the accuracy of diagnosis, we present the imaging findings of contrast-enhanced dynamic MRI in a 4.5-month-old boy with infantile hepatic choriocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Hoef
authors.forename: Felix K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Niggli
authors.forename: Ulrich V
authors.initials: UV
authors.lastname: Willi
authors.forename: Thierry A G M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Huisman
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005682:Gadolinium; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012074:Remission Induction; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D005682:Gadolinium