Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma

Prabhu, Aruna; Bhagat, Monica; Ramadwar, Mukta; Qureshi, Sajid

doi:10.4103/0971-9261.176969

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“…Histologically, both show small round cells making the diagnosis challenging on fine needle aspiration cytology and biopsy specimens [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Aruna Prabhu et al reported a case of pancreatoblastoma presenting with liver metastases, which was misdiagnosed as HB on small biopsy [8]. This highlights the importance of keeping HB as a differential, in diagnosis and management of liver and pancreatic masses; especially in children.…”

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Hepatoblastoma with Pancreatic Metastases Masquerading as Pancreatoblastoma

Sekaran¹,

Nabi²,

Fatima³

et al. 2023

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Background: Hepatoblastoma is the most common primary liver tumor in children, although it is a rare malignancy. The diagnosis of embryonal epithelial type hepatoblastoma can be challenging due to its clinic-radiological and histopathological similarity to other childhood small round cell tumors, such as pancreatoblastoma. Case Report: We present the case of an eight-year-old boy who was initially diagnosed with a pancreatic tumor based on imaging. However, a biopsy revealed a small round cell tumor that was eventually confirmed as hepatoblastoma with metastases to the pancreas through immunohistochemistry. Conclusion: Hepatoblastoma can be difficult to diagnose due to its resemblance to other small round cell tumors in children, such as pancreatoblastoma.

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Hepatoblastoma with Pancreatic Metastases Masquerading as Pancreatoblastoma

Sekaran¹,

Nabi²,

Fatima³

et al. 2023

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“…We read with interest the article entitled, “Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma.”[1] The authors have reported a very challenging clinicoradiologic diagnostic problem. We report a similar case wherein a 7-month-old male infant with abdominal lump, low-grade fever, and slightly elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP >2000 ng/ml) was initially suspected to be a retroperitoneal germ cell tumor (GCT); however, review of radiology and histopathology revealed the tumor to be a pancreatoblastoma.…”

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