Hepatoblastoma usually occurs in children under the age of 2 years, with very few cases reported in adults. We experienced a case of adult hepatoblastoma in a 36-year-old female with chronic hepatitis B. She had experienced sudden onset abdominal pain. Her serum alpha-fetoprotein level was markedly elevated, and abdominal CT showed a 9-cm mass with internal hemorrhage in the right hepatic lobe ...

BACKGROUND After nation-wide hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan, the authors reviewed retrospectively their experience to investigate how the histopathology type of pediatric malignant hepatic tumors changed and whether the survival rate was improved with current surgical technique and adjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS Cases of hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma were retrospectively anal...

Hepatoblastoma is most common primary malignant hepatic neoplasm in children. Median age at diagnosis is one year and mostly present by three years. This is a rare case report of a seventeen years female with Down's Syndrome presented with hepatomegaly diagnosed as hepatoblastoma.

PURPOSE Hepatoblastoma is the most common malignant liver tumor in children. The aim of this study was to review our results of hepatoblastoma treatment and to determine the role of surgical treatment in hepatoblastoma. METHODS This is a retrospective clinical study. The medical records of patients with hepatoblastoma, treated between October 1994 and October 2009, were reviewed. The patients...

INTRODUCTION Hepatoblastoma with tumour thrombi extending into inferior-vena-cava and right atrium are often unresectable with an extremely poor prognosis. The surgical approach is technically challenging and might require major liver resection with vascular reconstruction and extracorporeal circulation. However, which is the best surgical technique is yet unclear. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 11-m...

Hepatoblastoma is the most common tumor of liver in childhood. The onset disease insidious, and early stage mostly asymptomatic. About 20 % children had distant metastasis at diagnosis. Only 50 %-60 tumors can be completely resected by surgery, relapse percentage who undergo surgical treatment alone still high. Therefore, aim was to conduct a multimessenger RNA signature improve hepatoblastoma ...

Potential of Family Health Strategy Against Cardiovascular Disease Gilberto Andrade Tavares1 and José Augusto Soares Barreto-Filho2,3,4 Núcleo de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS),1 São Cristóvão, SE; Núcleo de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Universidade Federal de Sergipe;2 Divisão de Cardiologia Hospital Universitário;3 Clínica e Hospital São Lucas,4 Araca...