NEONATAL HEPATOBLASTOMA METASTATIC TO THE CHOROID AND IRIS

A newborn boy was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma after a systemic worku p was prompted because of abnormal-appearing eyes. Radiological examin ation revealed mass lesions involving the liver, brain, eyes, and ribs . A liver biopsy was performed before death and results showed hepatob lastoma, an unusual solid tumor of childhood, At autopsy, hepatoblasto ma was also found histopathologically in the irides and choroid of bot h eyes. No previous report of hepatoblastoma metastatic to the eye cou ld be found in the medical literature. In addition, we believe this is the first report in a child of a solid tumor metastatic to the choroi d and iris, and of a solid tumor metastatic to the iris that is confir med histopathologically.