Adult hepatoblastoma. A case report

Authors

  • A. Goikoetxea Urdiain Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra. Pamplona
  • P. Sánchez Acedo
  • J. Mateo Retuerta
  • A. Tarifa Castilla
  • C. Zazpe Ripa
  • J. Herrera Cabezón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23938/ASSN.0264

Keywords:

Hepatoblastoma. Primary hepatic tumours. Adult.

Abstract

Adult hepatoblastoma is a rare pathology. Its pathogeny is not well understood and prognosis is very bad. We present a case of adult hepatoblastoma treated in our centre.

A 65 year-old male, without previous hepatopathy, who consulted due to right hypochondrial pain with a subacute evolution. The pathological diagnosis was adult epithelial hepatoblastoma, with free surgical margins. The patient received a second surgical intervention 5 months later due to early recurrence and died 10 months after the diagnosis due to a new massive recurrence. His definitive diagnosis is histological. Radical surgery is the only treatment that increases survival, but recurrence is frequent. There are no well-defined patterns of adjuvant chemotherapy nor is there any transplant experience.

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Author Biography

A. Goikoetxea Urdiain , Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra. Pamplona

Médico Interno Residente de 3º de Cirugía General y Digestiva.

Published

2016-08-31

How to Cite

Goikoetxea Urdiain, A., Sánchez Acedo, P., Mateo Retuerta, J., Tarifa Castilla, A., Zazpe Ripa, C., & Herrera Cabezón, J. (2016). Adult hepatoblastoma. A case report. Anales Del Sistema Sanitario De Navarra, 39(2), 301–304. https://doi.org/10.23938/ASSN.0264

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