Hepatoblastoma (HB) is a rare embryonic malignant tumor of the liver. Most morphological studies on HB have limited to the histological characteristics and only 3 cases of HB have been described in the cytology literature. We present 2 cases of HB occurring in children aged 1 year and 3 years, respectively. The distinctive cytologic features of fine needle aspiration of HB were clusters of tumor cells showing acinar and trabecular pattern, smaller tumor cells with a high nuclear-cytopalsmic ratio and hyperchromatic nuclei having prominent nucleoli, and the presence of extramedullary hematopoiesis and osteoid material. These features were also found in the cell block and the biopsy specimen, and appeared very useful in the differentiation of HB from hepatocellular carcinoma.
Acute Kidney Injury* ; Biopsy ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Child* ; Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary ; Hepatoblastoma ; Humans ; Liver ; Nephrosis, Lipoid*

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Meningitis*

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Biopsy, Fine-Needle* ; Breast*

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Ankle Fractures ; Ankle ; Clinical Study

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Tibial Fractures*

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Emergencies* ; Emergency Medicine* ; Humans

Nine surgically proven congenital absence of gallbladder (CAGB) cases were reviewed. All of them had one or more kinds of biliary symptom. Tests such as abdominal ultrasonography, intravenous or oral cholecystography and even endoscopic retrograde cholangiography not only failed to predict CAGB but misleadingly indicated other similar conditions. Only the abdominal computed tomography (CT), performed on one patient, enabled the accurate diagnosis of CAGB. All the patients underwent abdominal exploration, and CAGB was confirmed by the meticulous dissection of the entire extrahepatic biliary tree and the operative cholangiography. Five patients had concomitant biliary pathologies responsible for their symptoms, but four patients had isolated CAGB. CAGB is a rarely encountered condition for a clinician, but extensive diagnostic work-ups including abdominal CT should be performed in all situations where CAGB is suspected. Thus unnecessary exploration can be avoided in the isolated CAGB case.
Bile Duct Diseases/etiology/surgery ; Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical ; Gallbladder/*abnormalities ; Human ; Radiography, Abdominal ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Blood Transfusion, Autologous*

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Cor Triatriatum

Superior oblique myokymia refers to a disorder characterized by involuntary torsional and vertical oscillation of one eye, lasting several seconds to minutes with an irregular interval. We report a 44-year-old woman with superior oblique myokymia, who presented with quivering sensation and oscillopsia of the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was normal. The involuntary eye movement and oscillopsia responded to carbamazepine.
Adult ; Brain ; Carbamazepine ; Eye Movements ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Sensation ; Trochlear Nerve Diseases*