title: Current Management of Neonatal Liver Tumors.
abstract: This review is focused on the special issues and challenges confronting physicians and surgeons caring for an unborn child, or a newborn with a liver tumor. Liver tumors at this age are very rare and they make it difficult for pediatric surgeons to gain experience necessary to obtain good results. On the other hand, adult hepatobiliary surgeons faced with a fetus or infant with a liver mass are ill equipped to care for the patient even if they have done a high volume of adult liver surgery and are expert in the field. Often a team approach is the best solution.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 51 N Dunlap Suite 230, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. mlangham@uthsc.edu.
authors.forename: Max R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Langham
authors.forename: Wayne L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Furman
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Pineda
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D057832:Watchful Waiting