A rare case of adult hepatoblastoma mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma- case report and review of literature
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Adult hepatoblastoma, Chemotherapy, Surgical resectionAbstract
Hepatoblastoma (HB) is a rare malignant primary tumour of the liver and occurs mostly in the pediatric group within the first 3 years of life. It is extremely unusual to find hepatoblastoma in adults and is a very rare cause of primary malignant liver tumour in adults and due to this patient may be diagnosed at late stages of the disease at leading to poor prognosis in this group. Reported here a case of a 20-year-old boy with a large liver mass with abdominal pain. Triphasic CT revealed the presence of a large heterogenous tumor in the right lobe of liver suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma. Patient underwent a right hepatectomy. Final histopathology was reported as Epithelial type hepatoblastoma. The patient had an uneventful post-operative recovery. We present this case for its rarity and ability to masquerade other primary liver tumors in the adult age as seen in our patient.Metrics
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