FNAC Aided Diagnosis and Categorization of Hepatoblastoma: A Report of Three Cases. Issue 1 (15th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bera, Goutam; Das, Ram Narayan; Islam, Nelofar; Roy, Paromita; Mishra, Prafulla Kumar; Datta, Chhanda; Chaudhuri, Manoj Kumar; Chatterjee, Uttara
• Is Part Of: Diagnostic cytopathology. Volume 45:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 77
• Page End: 82
• Publication Date: 2016-09-15
• Subjects: hepatoblastoma -- fine needle aspiration cytology -- PAS stain; Cytodiagnosis -- Periodicals; Pathology, Cellular -- Periodicals; Cytology -- Periodicals; 616.07582
• DOI: 10.1002/dc.23606
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 8755-1039

Abstract

Abstract : Hepatoblastoma is the most common primary malignant hepatic tumour of infancy and early childhood. Histologically hepatoblastomas are categorized into pure epithelial and mixed epithelial‐mesenchymal types and epithelial type is further subcategorized into pure fetal type, fetal and embryonal type, pure embryonal, and small cell types. This categorization has been shown to have prognostic and therapeutic implication. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is useful in pre‐operative diagnosis and categorization in most cases of hepatoblastomas. Periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) stain can be helpful to differentiate fetal subtype from embryonal subtype of hepatoblastoma. Here we describe three cases of hepatoblastomas diagnosed and categorized on cytology with subsequent confirmation on histological examination. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2017;45:77–82. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.