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A retrospective analysis of all teratoid HB diagnosed at a major pediatric hospital as well as the consultation files of one of the authors (SR) was performed with the available clinical data and surgical pathology material reviewed. A detailed immunohistochemical workup was also performed. A total of 28 cases were included from patients ranging from 5 to 84 months of age and a M:F ratio of 1.07:1. Four patients had syndromic associations. In 14\/28 cases, the tumors contained primitive glandular elements with histologic and immunophenotypic overlap with the yolk sac tumor which in two cases became predominant in metastatic sites. One case had extensive primitive neural epithelium mimicking a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). Other unique elements included melanin, mature neuroglial tissue, rhabdomyoblastic differentiation, and neuroendocrine carcinoma-like areas (n = 2). In conclusion, this study provides the largest series of teratoid HB to date with clinical and outcome data, highlights previously undescribed or under-recognized histologic patterns in these tumors, and describes the immunohistochemical profile of these tumors to aid in diagnosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers14246135","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,13]],"date-time":"2022-12-13T03:32:32Z","timestamp":1670902352000},"page":"6135","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Teratoid Hepatoblastoma\u2014Our Experience"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Lara","family":"Berklite","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6214-9167","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarangarajan","family":"Ranganathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"472","DOI":"10.1038\/modpathol.2013.80","article-title":"Towards an international pediatric liver tumor consensus classification: Proceedings of the Los Angeles COG liver tumors symposium","volume":"27","author":"Alaggio","year":"2014","journal-title":"Mod. 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