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ORPHA:449Disease
What it is
A malignant hepatic tumor, typically affecting the pediatric population, arising mostly in an otherwise healthy liver. The most common signs are abdominal distension and abdominal mass. Sometimes patients present with anorexia, weight loss, fatigue. Most HBLs are sporadic, but some cases are associated with genetic factors, especially overgrowth syndromes, such as Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) or hemihypertrophy, and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000 (annual incidence, Europe)
- Age of onset
- Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
ICD-10 codes
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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