title: Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in an adult: a review of the literature.
abstract: Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver is an unusual oncologic entity which occurs almost exclusively in infancy and childhood; fewer than 200 cases have been reported. We present the case of a 21-year-old female, who was admitted to our institution with a painful right subcostal mass lasting for 6 months, who had no evidence of generalised disease. Imaging procedures revealed a central solid lesion, 15 cm in diameter, in the right lobe of the liver, with cystic degeneration. The patient underwent a formal right hepatectomy. The pathology report ascertained the presence of a benign mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Athens, Athens.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papastratis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Margaris
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Zografos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korkolis
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mannika
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed