HEPATOBLASTOMA IN FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS

Authors
PERKINS DJ KERN IB
Citation
Dj. Perkins et Ib. Kern, HEPATOBLASTOMA IN FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS, Pediatric surgery international, 9(3), 1994, pp. 204-206
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric surgery international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01790358
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
204 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(1994)9:3<204:HIFAP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A case of hepatoblastoma in a patient who had a family history of fami lial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and then went on to develop FAP is pr esented. The seven similar cases available in the literature are revie wed and discussed. Our patient is the first who did not exhibit lesion s of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium.