RESIDENT CASE STUDIES

Week 7 June 2 - June 6, 2003: Case 4

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14 month old male infant with a liver mass measuring 12 cm in widest dimension. The mass remarkably decreased after several months of chemotherapy. 

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Questions:

1. The histologic features are most consistent with:
   1. Hepatocellular carcinoma
   2. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma 
   3. Hepatoblastoma
   4. Neuroblastoma 
   5. Infantile hemangioendothelioma 

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2. The following histologic patterns may be seen in the above tumor:
   1. Small round blue cell morphology 
   2. Hepatic fetal embryonal cells 
   3. Skeletal muscle fibers
   4. Squamous epithelial cells
   5. All of the above