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01-04-2009 | Case Report

Long-term follow-up of a multifocal hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma producing a-fetoprotein

Authors: Andrew Fretzayas, Maria Moustaki, Sofia Kitsiou, Georgia Nychtari, E. Alexopoulou

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 4/2009

Abstract

We here present a 6-month-old girl with cystic hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma and elevated a-fetoprotein (aFP). Following hepatectomy of the left lobe and partial right lobectomy, decline of the serum aFP was observed. The child has been well for 20 years and it is one among a few cases with such a long observational period.

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Title: Long-term follow-up of a multifocal hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma producing a-fetoprotein
Authors: Andrew Fretzayas
Maria Moustaki
Sofia Kitsiou
Georgia Nychtari
E. Alexopoulou
Publication date: 01-04-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-009-2346-6

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