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==Hepatoblastoma== | ==Hepatoblastoma== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Most common liver cancer in children.<ref name=Ref_PBoD923>{{Ref PBoD|923}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/986802-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/986802-overview]. Accessed on: 29 November 2009.</ref> | *Most common liver cancer in children.<ref name=Ref_PBoD923>{{Ref PBoD|923}}</ref><ref name=emed_hepatoblastoma>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/986802-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/986802-overview]. Accessed on: 29 November 2009.</ref> | ||
**Rare in adolescents and adults. | **Rare in adolescents and adults. | ||
**Age of diagnosis usu. ~1 year old; most less than 3 years old. | |||
*Surgical biopsy; core needle biopsy ''not'' done as as lesion is vascular. | *Surgical biopsy; core needle biopsy ''not'' done as as lesion is vascular. | ||