Mestres C A, Prabhakaran K, Adebo O A, Kum C K, Lee C N
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National University Hospital, National University of Singapore.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1991;5(12):657-9. doi: 10.1016/1010-7940(91)90123-2.
Hepatoblastoma is an uncommon liver neoplasm in children but its intraatrial extension through the inferior vena cava is extremely rare. The case described is a 3-year-old boy in whom profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest were used to resect a hepatoblastoma and its extension to the right atrium. This technique allows maximal resection and relief of venous obstruction from atrial extension of hepatoblastoma.