Background: Hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs) are rare benign tumors of the liver that occur predominantly in women taking oral contraceptives. In children, HCAs comprise < 5% of hepatic tumors. We report a case of HCAs in a 7-year-old girl with estrogen and glucose imbalance.
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November 2022
Background: Malignant melanoma (MM) arises predominantly after adolescence and is uncommon in children. Congenital MM in newborns is even rarer with a dearth of published literature; as a consequence, there is no uniform standard for the pathogenesis and treatment for neonatal malignant melanoma. Herein we report a case of giant congenital nodular MM in a newborn, including its clinical, imaging, pathological and molecular pathological features.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfantile hemangioma (IH) is one of the most common vascular tumors that occurs during childhood, but its pathogenesis is currently not completely understood. Even though lncRNA nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) plays vital roles in tumorigenesis of malignant tumors, its roles in IH remain unclear. Therefore, we evaluate the function of lncRNA NEAT1 in IH.
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