Cytomorphology of paediatric hepatocellular carcinoma: A useful diagnostic adjunct.

Aasma NalwaTripti Nakra Rajni YadavRitika WaliaSandeep AgarwalaManisha JanaDeepali JainPrasenjit DasSandeep R MathurVenkateswaran K Iyer

Published in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2023)

Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration serves as a useful tool to diagnose paediatric HCC and differentiate it from other primary hepatic malignancies, especially hepatoblastoma which closely mimics HCC in this age group, as serum alpha protein levels and imaging findings are unable to distinguish these two tumours.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
ultrasound guided
intensive care unit
emergency department
high resolution
protein protein
amino acid
binding protein
mass spectrometry