hepatoblastomamedical dictionary

<radiology> 3rd most common intra-abdominal malignancy (after neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumour), kids: 50% before 18 m/o, almost all less than 3 years of age, right lobe (75%), both lobes or multicentric (33%), metastasis at diagnosis in 10% most likely to be local invasion, regional nodes, lungs, increased aFP in 67-90%, liver enzymes usually normal associated with, hemihypertrophy, macroglossia, sexual precocity

(12 Dec 1998)