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Leung DH, Devaraj S, Goodrich NP, Chen X, Rajapakshe D, Ye W, Andreev V, Minard CG, Guffey D, Molleston JP, Bass LM, Karpen SJ, Kamath BM, Wang KS, Sundaram SS, Rosenthal P, McKiernan P, Loomes KM, Jensen MK, Horslen SP, Bezerra JA, Magee JC, Merion RM, Sokol RJ, Shneider BL, Alonso E, Bass L, Kelly S, Riordan M, Melin-Aldana H, Bezerra J, Bove K, Heubi J, Miethke A, Tiao G, Denlinger J, Chapman E, Sokol R, Feldman A, Mack C, Narkewicz M, Suchy F, Sundaram SS, Van Hove J, Garcia B, Kauma M, Kocher K, Steinbeiss M, Lovell M, Loomes KM, Piccoli D, Rand E, Russo P, Spinner N, Erlichman J, Stalford S, Pakstis D, King S, Squires R, Sindhi R, Venkat V, Bukauskas K, McKiernan P, Haberstroh L, Squires J, Rosenthal P, Bull L, Curry J, Langlois C, Kim G, Teckman J, Kociela V, Nagy R, Patel S, Cerkoski J, Molleston JP, Bozic M, Subbarao G, Klipsch A, Sawyers C, Cummings O, Horslen SP, Murray K, Hsu E, Cooper K, Young M, Finn L, Kamath BM, Ng V, Quammie C, Putra J, Sharma D, Parmar A, Guthery S, Jensen K, Rutherford A, Lowichik A, Book L, Meyers R, Hall T, Wang KS, Michail S, Thomas D, Goodhue C, Kohli R, Wang L, Soufi N, Thomas D, Karpen S, Gupta N, Romero R, Vos MB, Tory R, Berauer JP, Abramowsky C, McFall J, Shneider BL, Harpavat S, Hertel P, Leung D, Tessier M, Schady D, Cavallo L, Olvera D, Banks C, Tsai C, Thompson R, Doo E, Hoofnagle J, Sherker A, Torrance R, Hall S, Magee J, Merion R, Spino C, Ye W. Serum biomarkers correlated with liver stiffness assessed in a multicenter study of pediatric cholestatic liver disease. Hepatology 2023; 77:530-545. [PMID: 36069569 PMCID: PMC10151059 DOI: 10.1002/hep.32777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Detailed investigation of the biological pathways leading to hepatic fibrosis and identification of liver fibrosis biomarkers may facilitate early interventions for pediatric cholestasis. APPROACH AND RESULTS A targeted enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based panel of nine biomarkers (lysyl oxidase, tissue inhibitor matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 1, connective tissue growth factor [CTGF], IL-8, endoglin, periostin, Mac-2-binding protein, MMP-3, and MMP-7) was examined in children with biliary atresia (BA; n = 187), alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AT; n = 78), and Alagille syndrome (ALGS; n = 65) and correlated with liver stiffness (LSM) and biochemical measures of liver disease. Median age and LSM were 9 years and 9.5 kPa. After adjusting for covariates, there were positive correlations among LSM and endoglin ( p = 0.04) and IL-8 ( p < 0.001) and MMP-7 ( p < 0.001) in participants with BA. The best prediction model for LSM in BA using clinical and lab measurements had an R2 = 0.437; adding IL-8 and MMP-7 improved R2 to 0.523 and 0.526 (both p < 0.0001). In participants with A1AT, CTGF and LSM were negatively correlated ( p = 0.004); adding CTGF to an LSM prediction model improved R2 from 0.524 to 0.577 ( p = 0.0033). Biomarkers did not correlate with LSM in ALGS. A significant number of biomarker/lab correlations were found in participants with BA but not those with A1AT or ALGS. CONCLUSIONS Endoglin, IL-8, and MMP-7 significantly correlate with increased LSM in children with BA, whereas CTGF inversely correlates with LSM in participants with A1AT; these biomarkers appear to enhance prediction of LSM beyond clinical tests. Future disease-specific investigations of change in these biomarkers over time and as predictors of clinical outcomes will be important.
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- Daniel H Leung
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology , Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA
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- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology , Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology , Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA
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- Department of Biostatistics , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Institute for Clinical and Translational Research , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA
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- Institute for Clinical and Translational Research , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics , Riley Hospital for Children , Indiana University , Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
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- Department of Pediatrics , Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago , Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine , Chicago , Illinois , USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics , Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , Georgia , USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery , Children's Hospital Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine , Aurora , Colorado , USA
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- Department of Pediatrics , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh , Pittsburg , Pennsylvania , USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics , The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , University of Utah School of Medicine , Salt Lake City , Utah , USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine , Seattle , Washington , USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine , Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
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- University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine , Aurora , Colorado , USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA
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Calinescu AM, Rougemont AL, Anooshiravani M, Rock NM, McLin VA, Wildhaber BE. Features of Nodules in Explants of Children Undergoing Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11061578. [PMID: 35329903 PMCID: PMC8950310 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11061578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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(1) Background: In patients with biliary atresia (BA) liver nodules can be identified either by pre-transplant imaging or on the explant. This study aimed to (i) analyze the histopathology of liver nodules, and (ii) to correlate histopathology with pretransplant radiological features. (2) Methods: Retrospective analysis of liver nodules in explants of BA patients transplanted in our center (2000−2021). Correlations with pretransplant radiological characteristics, patient age at liver transplantation (LT), time from Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (KPE) to LT, age at KPE and draining KPE. (3) Results: Of the 63 BA-patients included in the analysis, 27/63 (43%) had nodules on explants. A majority were benign macroregenerative nodules. Premalignant (low-grade and high-grade dysplastic) and malignant (hepatocellular carcinoma) nodules were identified in 6/63 and 2/63 patients, respectively. On pretransplant imaging, only 13/63 (21%) patients had liver nodules, none meeting radiological criteria for malignancy. The occurrence of liver nodules correlated with patient age at LT (p < 0.001), time KPE-LT (p < 0.001) and draining KPE (p = 0.006). (4) Conclusion: In BA patients, pretransplant imaging did not correlate with the presence of liver nodules in explants. Liver nodules were frequent in explanted livers, whereby 25% of explants harboured malignant/pre-malignant nodules, emphasizing the need for careful surveillance in BA children whose clinical course may require LT.
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- Ana M. Calinescu
- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Division of Child and Adolescent Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +41-22-372-4662
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Division of Clinical Pathology, Diagnostic Department, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Diagnostic Department, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Division of Pediatric Specialties, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Division of Pediatric Specialties, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Division of Child and Adolescent Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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Primary malignant epithelial tumors of the liver in childhood are classified by histological pattern into two main groups: hepatoblastoma and hepatocarcinoma. Hepatoblastomas, often associated with congenital anomalies, occur more frequently in children under 2 years of age, their biological behaviour often being characterized by a slow rate of growth. Hepatocarcinomas, usually occurring in children over 5 years of age, are considered to be clinically and pathologically indistinguishable from liver carcinomas observed in adults. Two cases of hepatoblastoma, namely of « embryonal » and « fetal » type, and a case of trabecular hepatocarcinoma, all in children under 6 years of age, are reported. The typical histological pattern of hepatoblastoma is emphasized and, on the basis of biological and clinical data, it is suggested that genetic factors may be involved and hence that these tumors should be classed among dysembryogenetic tumors.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma in the native liver of a 38-year-old female patient with biliary atresia. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY CASE REPORTS 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2015.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Yoon H, Jeon T, Yoo SY, Kim J, Eo H, Lee SK, Kim J. Hepatic tumours in children with biliary atresia: Single-centre experience in 13 cases and review of the literature. Clin Radiol 2014; 69:e113-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2013.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hajdu SI, Vadmal M. A note from history: Landmarks in history of cancer, Part 6. Cancer 2013; 119:4058-82. [PMID: 24105604 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In the 3 decades from 1940 to 1970, the United States became the nucleus for research, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. The discovery of anticancer drugs, and the clinical demonstration that chemotherapy and radiation can cure cancer and have the ability to prevent recurrence of cancer, were incontrovertibly the most remarkable groundbreaking events. Consequently, the trend of less surgery and more multimodality therapy began. The introduction of radioautography, mammography, ultrasonography, computed tomography, Papanicolaou smear, and other novel laboratory tests furthered early detection of cancer and refined accurate diagnosis. The unequivocal linking of lung cancer to cigarette smoking made medical history. The delineation of the potential role of oncogenes adduced new thoughts about oncogenesis and cancer prevention, and pathologists finalized the classification and nosology of tumors. Finally, it is worth noting that although more advances were made in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancers than any other period in history, the overall mortality rate of patients with cancer remained high and unchanged.
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Moore L, Bourne AJ, Moore DJ, Preston H, Byard RW. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Neonatal Hepatitis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/15513819709168737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Benjamin L Shneider
- Department of Pediatrics, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Phillips SKJ. Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Prog Transplant 2002. [DOI: 10.1177/152692480201200209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pediatric liver transplantation is a fast-growing and challenging field. Healthcare providers must stay informed of advancements in the management of liver transplant candidates and recipients. The goal of this paper is to provide nurses who care for pediatric liver transplant candidates and recipients with a review of the basic medical management of these patients, from the preoperative evaluation to postoperative care.
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Tatekawa Y, Asonuma K, Uemoto S, Inomata Y, Tanaka K. Liver transplantation for biliary atresia associated with malignant hepatic tumors. J Pediatr Surg 2001; 36:436-9. [PMID: 11226990 DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.21600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The authors report 3 cases of liver transplantations in children between 4 and 10 years of age, complicated with malignant hepatic tumors after biliary atresia. The preoperative abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans of all 3 cases showed hepatic masses. The serum alpha-fetoprotein levels were elevated highly in 2 cases. After living-related liver transplantation (LRLT), the pathologic findings of the masses in the resected livers showed hepatocellular carcinoma in 2 cases and hepatoblastoma in the other. All cases were associated with biliary cirrhosis. The stage of the liver tumor in the 3 cases using the TNM system was IVA (T4, N0, M0), II (T2, N0, M0) and IVA (T4, N0, M0). Chemotherapy was used in all cases after liver transplantation, and all patients survived with no recurrence. The results suggest that even though malignant liver tumors rarely are complicated with biliary atresia in childhood, one should be alert to the occurrence of hepatic malignancy and perform routine screening of alpha-fetoprotein levels, abdominal CT scans, and magnetic resonance imagings.
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- Y Tatekawa
- Department of Transplantation and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Kohno M, Kitatani H, Wada H, Kajimoto T, Matuno H, Tanino M, Nakagawa T, Takarada A. Hepatocellular carcinoma complicating biliary cirrhosis caused by biliary atresia: report of a case. J Pediatr Surg 1995; 30:1713-6. [PMID: 8749933 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3468(95)90461-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A case of hepatocellular carcinoma complicating biliary cirrhosis caused by biliary atresia is reported. The patient had persistent severe jaundice with hepatosplenomegaly. A liver tumor was suspected because of the elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein and was shown by ultrasonography at 6 years of age. The tumor was treated with percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT). Nine months after initiation of PEIT, the patient died of massive bleeding from a metastatic tumor.
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- M Kohno
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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Seven hepatoblastomas were studied by electron microscopy, and four of these were studied by immunohistochemistry. Five tumors were purely epithelial, and two were mixed epithelial-mesenchymal. They showed a spectrum of cellular differentiation ranging from primitive epithelial cells to differentiated cells resembling adult hepatocytes. Glycogen, lipid, basal lamina, and canaliculi were present in all cases. Mitochondria with large, membrane-bound, amorphous inclusions were present in one tumor, and large, complex, basal cell processes were present in two tumors. Ultrastructural features most characteristic of hepatocytes were most common in fetal type hepatoblastomas. Immunoreactive chromogranin cells were present in two tumors, one of which also contained immunoreactive somatostatin cells. The somatostatin-positive tumor had cells with granules resembling those seen in somatostatin-containing cells of normal pancreas and somatostatin-containing neuroendocrine carcinomas. Other immunoreactive substances were present, including alpha 1-antitrypsin (four cases), vimentin (embryonal cells in four cases; fetal cells in three cases), low-molecular weight cytokeratin (embryonal cells in three cases; fetal cells in four cases), and high-molecular weight cytokeratin (embryonal cells in one case; fetal cells in two cases). Osteoidlike material was positive for epithelial membrane antigen, vimentin, and S-100 protein.
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- K A Warfel
- Department of Pathology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46202
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Békássy AN, Garwicz S, Wiebe T, Hägerstrand I, Jensen OA. Hepatocellular carcinoma associated with arteriohepatic dysplasia in a 4-year-old girl. MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY 1992; 20:78-83. [PMID: 1309208 DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950200118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma and obliterated hepatic bile duct were found at postmortem examination in a 4-year-old girl with arteriohepatic dysplasia (Alagille's syndrome). AFP level was extremely high. Liver cirrhosis was present on percutaneous needle biopsy 9 months before she succumbed in progressive liver failure. Episodes of repeated gastrointestinal, life-threatening hemorrhages occurred during the last 6 months of her life. Histopathologic findings of the eyes were documented at autopsy.
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- A N Békássy
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Le Bail B, Bioulac-Sage P, Arnoux R, Perissat J, Saric J, Balabaud C. Late recurrence of a hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with incomplete Alagille syndrome. Gastroenterology 1990; 99:1514-6. [PMID: 2170223 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(90)91185-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In this study, the case of a patient presenting a second hepatocellular carcinoma 13 years after resection of a first tumor of the same type is reported. In this case, etiological investigations remained negative, but an incomplete form of syndromatic Alagille syndrome with paucity of bile ducts in the nontumoral tissue was detected and associated with nodular regenerative hyperplasia and foci of dysplasia. Malignant transformation in Alagille syndrome seems to be extremely rare. The fact that such tumors evolve very slowly could be an argument for partial hepatectomy and, if necessary, liver transplantation.
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- Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Universitaire de Bordeaux, France
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Goldthorn JF, Canizaro PC. Gastrointestinal malignancies in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Surg Clin North Am 1986; 66:845-61. [PMID: 3738705 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6109(16)43996-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies in the pediatric age group are rare tumors and are usually treated with frustratingly poor results because of late diagnosis. Current efforts to improve treatment are directed at earlier diagnosis of these tumors in combination with aggressive surgery and adjuvant therapy.
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This report documents the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in a 36-year-old man with arteriohepatic dysplasia and a noncirrhotic liver. This case represents one of the oldest patients reported to have arteriohepatic dysplasia and the first with the development of a hepatocellular carcinoma, of which I am aware. Although this tumor has been reported with other familial cholestatic syndromes, the absence of an underlying cirrhosis is of particular interest.
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A clinicopathologic review of 73 cases of primary liver tumors at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, and Children's Medical Center, Dallas, has documented important prognostic and therapeutic implications for the histologic classification of hepatoblastoma. The pure "fetal" pattern was associated with cure in every instance that surgical excision was achieved (six of six patients), whereas only two of 19 patients with "embryonal" or other undifferentiated patterns of growth survived five years. The relationship of hepatoblastoma and hepatocarcinoma in childhood to antecedent conditions is discussed in detail. The uncommon liver sarcomas are also reviewed in the light of experience at these two institutions.
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