title: Hepatic angiomyo(myelo)lipoma: difficulties in radiological diagnosis and interest of fine needle aspiration biopsy.
abstract: We report the case of a patient admitted for acute heart failure associated with severe dilated cardiomyopathy in whom a large hepatic tumor of the right lobe of the liver was incidentally discovered. A fine needle biopsy was performed that led to the diagnosis of angiomyo(myelo)-lipoma (AMML). The difficulties in radiological diagnosis of these very rare heterogeneous benign tumors of the liver and the interest of fine needle aspiration biopsy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne Générale, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Messiaen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Beers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sempoux
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cosyns
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geubel
mesh_terms: D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed