Fetal hepatoblastoma symptoms?

summary

Hepatoblastoma in children is a malignant tumor of the liver, which is caused by the embryonic tissue of the liver. Most of them were born in infants under 3 years old. The clinical features are abdominal enlargement, palpable mass in upper abdomen, anorexia, emaciation and anemia. Jaundice and ascites were found in the late stage. The diagnosis was made according to the clinical manifestations, laboratory and auxiliary examination results. If the tumor is single, small, superficial and without extrahepatic metastasis, surgical resection can be cured. Infantile hepatoblastoma symptoms? Let's talk about it.

Fetal hepatoblastoma symptoms?

At the beginning of the disease, the general symptoms are not obvious, no jaundice or fever. But the abdomen is full, I was found by my parents. Sometimes the doctor found the abdominal mass during the health examination. Older children may complain of abdominal pain. Sometimes the liver cancer cells can produce gonadotropin, which makes the children have precocious puberty. Pigmentation was found in some cases. Some children do not feel abdominal pain.

The course of disease is faster than that of common malignant tumors. Can have anorexia, fatigue, progressive weight loss. Later stage may have fever, secondary anemia, ascites and lower extremity edema. Occasionally, upper gastrointestinal bleeding and jaundice were seen. The liver is large and hard, the edge of liver is obviously hard, the surface is not smooth and there are nodules.

Children will appear liver enlargement and pale, in the process of checking the right upper abdomen, can find the enlarged liver, larger words may go to the pelvic cavity. When touching, it can find tumor nodules and cause pain. Until the late stage, children will appear ascites and jaundice. There are also some children with precocious puberty performance as the initial symptoms, the main performance of such children is low voice and genital enlargement and pubic hair growth and other conditions.

matters needing attention

If a baby is troubled by this disease, it needs surgical treatment to remove the tumor. However, the specific operation plan also needs to be formulated according to the bearing capacity of the child's body and the size of the tumor, so the parents of the child must know more about this knowledge, and actively discuss with the doctor.