Hepatocellular carcinoma following hepatitis B viral infection in children: a case report with review of literature

This report describes the case of an adult type hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] in a 12 year old boy with hepatitis B,surface antigen [HBsAg] positivity and no cirrhosis. The HCC is an uncommon childhood tumor and is associated with HBsAg. This case was initially misdiagnosed as hepatoblastoma; which is a common hepatic malignancy of childhood. It is important to identify cancer in children because when cancer strikes them it behaves differently front cancer in adults. This article represents various characteristics of HCC in children with a review of the literature in an effort to highlight the morphological differences between hepatoblastoma and HCC