title: FNAC Aided Diagnosis and Categorization of Hepatoblastoma:: A Report of Three Cases.
abstract: Hepatoblastoma is the most common primary malignant hepatic tumour of infancy and early childhood. Histologically hepatoblastomas are categorized into pure epithelial and mixed epithelial-mesenchymal types and epithelial type is further subcategorized into pure fetal type, fetal and embryonal type, pure embryonal, and small cell types. This categorization has been shown to have prognostic and therapeutic implication. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is useful in pre-operative diagnosis and categorization in most cases of hepatoblastomas. Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) stain can be helpful to differentiate fetal subtype from embryonal subtype of hepatoblastoma. Here we describe three cases of hepatoblastomas diagnosed and categorized on cytology with subsequent confirmation on histological examination. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2017;45:77-82. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Goutam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bera
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Ram Narayan
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Nelofar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Paromita
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Prafulla Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Chhanda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Uttara
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D005260:Female; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male
keywords: PAS stain; fine needle aspiration cytology; hepatoblastoma