Erschienen in:
01.08.2014 | Scientific Letter
Incidentally Detected Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Children
verfasst von:
Vidyut Bhatia, Swati Seth, Akshay Kapoor, Anupam Sibal
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 8/2014
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Unlike hepatoblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in children is rare and generally develops in the presence of some underlying liver disease and/or cirrhosis. In children it is usually associated with viral hepatitis, tyrosinemia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) or rarely in biliary atresia [
1]. Although, regular surveillance done by ultrasound examination and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) testing leads to early detection of HCC, it can be missed and only detected incidentally during the histopathological analysis of explanted liver tissue [
2‐
4]. …