Giant hamartoma of liver mimicking malignancy.
Two infants with mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver are reported. This lesion clinically simulates a malignant neoplasm very closely and awareness is essential to avoid unnecessary major hepatic resections. The cases were successfully treated with simple enucleation.
Narasimharao
K L
KL
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India.
Narasimhan
K L
KL
Katariya
S
S
Suri
S
S
Kaushik
S
S
Mitra
S K
SK
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography