Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver: report of a case in a 28-year-old.
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.
Gramlich
T L
TL
Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
Killough
B W
BW
Garvin
A J
AJ
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*