Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver mimicking hepatoblastoma

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 458-460

  Unal, Ekrem ^a,b   Koksal, Yavuz ^a   Akcoren, Zuhal ^a   Tavl, Lema ^a   Gunel, Engin ^a   Kerimoglu, Ulku ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DOXORUBICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAMARTOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MESENCHYMAL HAMARTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LIVER DISEASE; MESODERM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HAMARTOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESODERM;

EID: 47549088842     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318169171b     Document Type: Article

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