title: Pediatric liver tumors--a pictorial review.
abstract: Hepatic masses constitute about 5-6% of all intra-abdominal masses in children. The majority of liver tumors in children are malignant; these malignant liver tumors constitute the third most common intra-abdominal malignancy in the pediatric age group after Wilms' tumor and neuroblastoma. Only about one third of the liver tumors are benign. A differential diagnosis of liver tumors in children can be obtained based on the age of the child, clinical information (in particular AFP) and imaging characteristics. The purpose of this review is to report typical clinical and imaging characteristics of benign and malignant primary liver tumors in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: Soni C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: Sidhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tavri
authors.forename: Chirag
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daldrup-Link
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male