title: Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma mimicking hemangioma on multiple-phase gadolinium-enhanced MRI.
abstract: Mesenchymal Hamartoma [MH] is a cystic benign liver mass occurring in children. Diagnostic confusion with hepatoblastoma may arise when alpha-feto-protein is elevated, and with hemangioendothelioma when imaging shows centripetal filling. We demonstrate one such case with progressive centripetal enhancement of a liver mass with Gadolinium enhanced multiple phase gradient-echo MRI, in a child with raised alpha-feto protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stellenbosch University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. docsav@mweb.co.za
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andronikou
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soin
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nafoos
authors.forename: Kaye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Platt
authors.forename: Kokila
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lakhoo
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005682:Gadolinium; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000473:pathology*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D005682:Gadolinium