Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the liver in a child: CT and MR findings.
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the liver is a rare disease in children and is characterized by an inflammatory mass of uncertain aetiology which simulates a true neoplasm, often resulting in a diagnostic dilemma. We report a pathologically proven case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the liver in a 14-month-old boy with jaundice. CT and MRI showed an ill-defined, homogeneously enhancing mass located in the hilar portion of the liver with biliary obstruction. He underwent percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage to relieve obstructive jaundice, followed by lobectomy and, finally, liver transplantation.
Choi
Bo Yoon
BY
Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Kim
Woo Sun
WS
Cheon
Jung-Eun
JE
Kim
In-One
IO
Kim
Chong Jai
CJ
Yeon
Kyung Mo
KM
D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional