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1School of Paediatrics, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. henningb2004@yahoo.com
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism : JPEM
|June 11, 2008
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We report a 3 year-old boy in Tanzania with an abdominal mass and isosexual precocity due to an hCG-secreting hepatoblastoma. Due to the limited availability of local diagnostic testing, surgery and chemotherapy were completed before immunohistochemical and endocrine results were available.
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