Long-term follow-up of a multifocal hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma producing a-fetoprotein.
We here present a 6-month-old girl with cystic hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma and elevated a-fetoprotein (aFP). Following hepatectomy of the left lobe and partial right lobectomy, decline of the serum aFP was observed. The child has been well for 20 years and it is one among a few cases with such a long observational period.
Fretzayas
Andrew
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3rd Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini str Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Moustaki
Maria
M
Kitsiou
Sofia
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Nychtari
Georgia
G
Alexopoulou
E
E
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D015415:Biomarkers; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins