Angiomyolipoma of the liver.
Hepatic angiomyolipoma is a rare tumour of the liver. Its behaviour is benign and this paper reports the first case described in Australia. A review of the literature suggests that the use of ultrasonography, computerized tomography and angiography should enable pre-operative diagnosis to be made with relative certainty, yet the difficulties with histological diagnosis, particularly on needle biopsy, may necessitate resection.
Schwartz
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Department of Surgery, St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
Travers
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Hunt
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D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography