Abstract
An infant or child who presents with a large intrahepatic mass will most likely have a malignant tumor. In children, benign tumors constitute only 30% of liver tumors and most are vascular in origin. Treatment of benign vascular tumors is conservative and seldom surgical. Hepatoblastoma is the most common malignant tumor followed by hepatocellular carcinoma. Treatment of malignant tumors is based on a combination of surgery and chemotherapy. Children with hepatic malignancies that can be resected have an excellent prognosis. Other rare benign and malignant tumors of the liver do occur and surgery plays a critical role in management.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 159-172 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Seminars in Surgical Oncology |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1999 |
Keywords
- Adenomatous polyposis coli
- Adolescence
- Adrenal cortex hormones
- Alpha-fetoproteins
- Antineoplastic agents
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Biopsy
- Child
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Combined modality therapy
- Hamartoma
- Hemangioendothelioma
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Hepatoblastoma
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Incidence
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Liver neoplasms
- Liver transplantation
- Local neoplasm recurrence
- Lung neoplasms/secondary
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Mesoderm
- N ewborn infant
- Neoplasm metastasis
- Neoplasm staging
- Preschool child
- Prognosis
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Survival rate
- Treatment outcome
- Ultrasound
- X-ray computed tomography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Oncology