1. Noun. (pathology) A blastoma situated in the liver ¹
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Medical Definition of Hepatoblastoma
1. 3rd most common intra-abdominal malignancy (after neuroblastoma and Wilms tumour), kids: 50% before 18 m/o, almost all less than 3 years of age, right lobe (75%), both lobes or multicentric (33%), metastasis at diagnosis in 10% most likely to be local invasion, regional nodes, lungs, increased aFP in 67-90%, liver enzymes usually normal associated with, hemihypertrophy, macroglossia, sexual precocity
(12 Dec 1998)