title: Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver: report of an adult case and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver incidentally found to be a hyperechoic mass by abdominal ultrasonography in a 62-year-old male is described. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the liver confirmed the presence of a well-demarcated inhomogeneous mass in the left medial segment. Hepatic arteriography revealed the mass to be generally hypovascular. Histopathologic diagnosis of the resected specimen was a solid form of benign mesenchymal hamartoma, a rather rare lesion for the patient's age. Fifteen adult cases of hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma in the literature including the present case are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishigami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography