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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 21
| Issue : 2 | Page : 84-86 |
Pancreatoblastoma masquerading as hepatoblastoma: A diagnostic dilemma
Aruna Prabhu1, Monica Bhagat1, Mukta Ramadwar2, Sajid S Qureshi1
1 Department of Pediatric Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Sajid S Qureshi
Department of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Ernest Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.176969
Clinicoradiological and histopathological differentiation of pancreatoblastoma from hepatoblastoma can often be a challenge in clinical practice owing to their peculiar resemblance. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with a right hypochondriac region mass, which was diagnosed as hepatoblastoma on the basis of imaging, raised tumor marker, and biopsy; however, pancreatic origin of the mass was ascertained on exploration and pancreatoblastoma was confirmed on histopathology.
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