A case of hepatocellular carcinoma complicating hepatitis B infection in a nine-year-old boy

Trounce, J.Q.; Flower, A.J.; Shannon, R.S.; Tanner, M.S.

Quarterly Journal of Medicine 57(223): 791-794

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0033-5622
PMID: 3001813
Document Number: 249267
A 9-year-old boy born of Chinese parents in England, and adopted by English parents at an early age, presented with primary hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic liver. His serum contained hepatitis B surface antigen and 'e' antibody, a probable result of perinatal infection from an HBsAg carrier mother. The management of infants at risk of perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission should now include active and passive immunisation.

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