title: A non-cystic mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver--an unusual case of an unusual entity. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report here a case of non-cystic mesenchymal liver hamartoma in a young adult woman. The patient was preoperatively examined with ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT) and angiography. US and CT revealed signs of a benign tumor in the left liver lobe. Angiographically the tumor had pathological blood vessels. Histologically it proved to be an unusual non-cystic form of benign mesenchymal hamartoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alanen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katevuo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toikkanen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography