AFP negative cystic liver lesion in a child should let one think of hepatoblastoma

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Aug;33(6):e245-7. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181f466ec.

Abstract

AFP is still the most important serologic marker for the hepatoblastoma as the most common liver tumor in children. An AFP negative hepatoblastoma is rare. We present the first documented case of an infant with an AFP negative and cystic liver lesion later diagnosed as a fetal hepatoblastoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cysts / metabolism
  • Cysts / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hepatoblastoma / diagnosis*
  • Hepatoblastoma / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Prognosis
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • alpha-Fetoproteins