title: Prenatal diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver.
abstract: A case of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver presenting in a 36-week-old fetus is reported. The tumour appeared on antenatal ultrasound as a 4.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 2.7 cm hypoechoic mass at the periphery of the right lobe of the liver. Colour Doppler imaging showed it to have prominent vascularity. Postnatally, sonography confirmed the presence of a vascular mass within the liver. The tumour was removed at laparotomy and was diagnosed as an area of focal nodular hyperplasia on histopathological examination.
authors.affiliation: North Shore University Hospital--Cornell University Medical College, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Manhasset, NY 11030.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Petrikovsky
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scimeca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bellucci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal