Hepatoblastoma in a 2-year-old girl with trisomy 18

Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1992 Oct;2(5):298-300. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1063464.

Abstract

A very rare case of mosaic type trisomy 18 associated with hepatoblastoma is described. The patient underwent an extended right hepatic lobectomy at 2 years of age, and the resected tumor was diagnosed as a fetal type dominant hepatoblastoma. The results of chromosome analysis demonstrated that in the peripheral blood and skin, the trisomy 18 cells were 80% and 67%, respectively. On the other hand, although virtually 100% of the cells in the normal liver tissue were 46, XX, about one third of the cells were trisomy 18 in the tumor tissue. At 2 years and 9 months after the operation, the patient was generally healthy and had no evidence of recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / genetics*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Liver Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Trisomy*