A case of pancreatoblastoma prenatally diagnosed as intraperitoneal cyst.
Pancreatoblastoma in childhood is a very rare malignant tumor, but is considered to have a relatively good prognosis because of its low metastatic potential. We report 1-day-old female infant who was recently found to have an intraabdominal cyst on prenatal ultrasound examination. The tumor was a unilocular, cystic mass without invasion or metastasis to other organs, allowing total resection. It was diagnosed postnatally with pancreatoblastoma.
Sugai
Michihiro
M
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan. sugai@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Kimura
Norihisa
N
Umehara
Minoru
M
Munakata
Hirohumi
H
Yajima
Nobuhisa
N
Yagihashi
Soroku
S
Klöppel
Gunther
G
D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*