pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma
MONDO:0018055Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (pediatric HCC) is a rare, aggressive, malignant hepatic tumor that develops mainly in children over 10 years of age.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018055), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
9 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Elevated circulating alpha-fetoprotein concentrationHPOHP:0006254
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Hepatic fibrosisHPOHP:0001395
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HepatomegalyHPOHP:0002240
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Epigastric painHPOHP:0410019
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- FatigueHPOHP:0012378
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Hepatic necrosisHPOHP:0002605
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Portal vein thrombosisHPOHP:0030242
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- VomitingHPOHP:0002013
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
8 names
Resolves to: pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma
- Also called
- childhood carcinoma of the liver cellchildhood hepatocellular carcinomachildhood-onset HCCchildhood-onset hepatocellular carcinomaPaediatric carcinoma of the liver cellpaediatric HCCPediatric carcinoma of the liver cellpediatric HCC