Hepatoblastoma in an 82-year-old man. An autopsy case report

Acta Pathol Jpn. 1990 Mar;40(3):212-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1990.tb03325.x.

Abstract

An autopsy case of adult hepatoblastoma is presented. The patient was an 82-year-old male with chronic hepatitis of 7 years' duration. The liver tumor was detected 6 months before death. Autopsy revealed a large hepatic tumor occupying about 80% of the entire liver. Histologically, the tumor showed typical features of mixed epithelial- and mesenchymal-type hepatoblastoma. The epithelial component consisted of fetal and embryonal cell types. The mesenchymal component showed primitive spindle-shaped cells with various degrees of cellularity. Chondroid areas and a few foci of osteoid formation were also present.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
  • Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male