1. Hepatoblastoma: A rare cause of non-immune hydrops in a preterm infant.
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Awad, E. Al, Obaid, H., Clark, D., Narendran, A., Amin, H., and Lodha, A.
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TREATMENT of premature infant diseases , *HEPATOMEGALY , *EDEMA , *LIVER biopsy , *VENA cava inferior , *ULTRASONIC imaging , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
A preterm infant with signs of non-immune hydrops was born at 30 weeks gestation to a 34-year-old mother after an uneventful pregnancy with normal antenatal fetal ultrasound scans. Physical examination revealed generalized hydrops with hepatomegaly and ascites. Extensive investigations identified an elevated α-fetoprotein. An abdominal ultrasound scan showed a huge primary solid mass in the liver that compressed the inferior vena cava, with evidence of significant arterio-venous shunting suggestive of hepatoblastoma. Liver biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of hepatoblastoma with a fetal epithelial pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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