title: Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver: report of a case in a 28-year-old.
abstract: A 28-year-old black woman presented with increasing abdominal girth and gross hepatomegaly. Preoperative investigations demonstrated an enlarging vascular tumor involving the right lobe of the liver. A right hepatic trisegmentectomy was performed, and histologic examination of the tissue revealed a mesenchymal hamartoma, a tumor usually presenting in early childhood. This case is unique because the patient is 22 years beyond the average presenting age, and is the oldest patient reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Gramlich
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Killough
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Garvin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*