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Volume 8 Issue 1 (January, 2020)

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Histopathological Assessment of Cases of Hepatoblastoma
Dr. Ishani Gupta, Dr. Anuradha Sarmal

Background: Primary hepatic malignancies in children comprise about 0.5–2% of all solid tumors in children. The present study was conducted to assess cases of hepatoblastoma histopathologically. Materials & Methods: 48 cases of hepatoblastoma of both genders were recorded. PRETEXT staging was assigned using contrast computed tomography (CT). Results: Out of 48 cases, males were 28 and females were 20. Common complaints of patients was vomiting in 20, abdominal distension in 38, jaundice in 16 and abdomen mass in 14 cases. Out of 48 cases, epithelial type was seen in 32 and mixed epithelial and mesenchymal in 16. Epithelial type 8 was pure fetal in 18, fetal mitotically active in 6, embryonal in 4 and mixed epithelial in 4 cases. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Maximum cases were epithelial type as compared to mixed epithelial and mesenchymal and females predominance was observed. Key words: Hepatoblastoma, Mitotical, Embryonal

 
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