title: Localized hyaline plaque of the diaphragmatic peritoneum: report of a rare entity mimicking a hepatic tumor.
abstract: A liver tumor (2.5x3 cm) with malignant features on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was detected in a 69-year-old man with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated cirrhosis. On exploratory laparotomy a mass at the right diaphragmatic dome adherent to the liver segment VIII was found. En-block resection of this segment and the part at diaphragm hosting the tumor was carried out. On histology the tumor was a diaphragmatic hyaline plaque while in the resected liver no tumor was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, "Areteion" University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A Kondis
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pafitis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kontogianni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gennatas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smyrniotis