The lollipop sign: a new cross-sectional sign of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
In four cases of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEHE), multiple liver lesions were depicted on enhanced computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. A peculiar sign, a hepatic or portal vein terminating at or just within the periphery of some of the liver lesions, was noted in all four; the images look like a lollipop. Imaging findings of HEHE can suggest other diseases, but this sign buttressed by other radiological findings, seems to be specific for this entity.
Alomari
Ahmad I
AI
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States. ahmad.alomari@childrens.harvard.edu
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed