A case of pancreatoblastoma prenatally diagnosed as intraperitoneal cyst

Michihiro Sugai, Norihisa Kimura, Minoru Umehara, Hirohumi Munakata, Nobuhisa Yajima, Soroku Yagihashi, Gunther Klöppel

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Abstract

Pancreatoblastoma in childhood is a very rare malignant tumor, but is considered to have a relatively good prognosis because of its low metastatic potential. We report 1-day-old female infant who was recently found to have an intraabdominal cyst on prenatal ultrasound examination. The tumor was a unilocular, cystic mass without invasion or metastasis to other organs, allowing total resection. It was diagnosed postnatally with pancreatoblastoma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)845-847
Number of pages3
JournalPediatric Surgery International
Volume22
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cystic tumor
  • Pancreatoblastoma
  • Prenatal diagnosis

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