Hepatoblastoma in a neonate: a hypervascular presentation mimicking hemangioendothelioma

Pediatr Radiol. 2000 Nov;30(11):794-7. doi: 10.1007/s002470000320.

Abstract

Congenital heart failure in the neonate supported by classic imaging findings may allow the implementation of medical therapy for presumed hemangioendothelioma without obtaining a tissue diagnosis. This case report describes a neonate with these classic clinical and radiographic findings but who underwent surgery for failing medical treatment and was diagnosed as having a hepatoblastoma by pathology. This case supports the need to obtain tissue confirmation before beginning medical therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Hemangioendothelioma / diagnosis
  • Hepatoblastoma / diagnosis*
  • Hepatoblastoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery