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Neonatal Hepatic Masses
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A neonate presents with a large hepatic mass detected on prenatal ultrasound.
Postnatal assessment reveals high-output cardiac failure. Doppler ultrasound images are provided.
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Chung EM, Cube R, Lewis RB, Conran RM. Pediatric Liver Masses Part 1: Benign Tumors. RadioGraphics. 2010;30(3):801–826.
Bruckheimer E, Bulbul ZR. Congenital hemangioma of the liver: a cause of high-output cardiac failure in neonates. J Pediatr. 2002;140(3):382.
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