Teratoid hepatoblastoma

Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2008;27(6):274-81. doi: 10.1080/15513810802448100.

Abstract

We present the case of a Middle Eastern child, diagnosed and treated at 8 months of age for a hepatic neuroblastoma. After surgical removal of a 7 cm mass of the left liver lobe at our institution when the child was 15 months of age, the tumor was reclassified as a teratoid hepatoblastoma. The tumor was composed of fetal and embryonal hepatic tissue, undifferentiated tissue, and a teratoid background of loose mesenchymal tissue containing osteoid, squamous, and mucinous epithelium. We speculate on the histogenesis of teratoid hepatoblastoma and discuss its association with chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Hepatoblastoma / diagnosis*
  • Hepatoblastoma / pathology
  • Hepatoblastoma / therapy
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Neuroblastoma / diagnosis*
  • Neuroblastoma / pathology
  • Neuroblastoma / therapy
  • Teratoma / diagnosis*
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Teratoma / therapy