title: Mesenchymal hamartoma: radiological differentiation from other possible liver tumors in childhood.
abstract: We report a case of hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma in a young boy. The clinically huge abdominal mass was demonstrated on ultrasound and computed tomography as a cystic, minimally vascularized tumor, attached to the liver. The mass was surgically removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vandendriessche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonhomme
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Breysem
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Smet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uyttebroeck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Baert
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler