[A patient with an angiomyolipoma of the liver in whom the course of enlargement could be confirmed].
The patients was a 54-year-old woman. In the liver, a high-echo phyma was detected. The lesion increased from 5 to 23mm over 2 years and 4 months. On CT and MRI, it was difficult to differentiate the phyma from hepatocellular carcinoma. However, angiography revealed early outflow to the hepatic vein. In the late CTHA phase of angio-CT, there was no ring-like dark staining reaction (corona), as observed in hepatocellular carcinoma patients, outside the tumor. Hepatectomy was performed, suggesting angiomyolipoma. The course of enlargement could be followed-up, and we present findings that may be useful for differentiating this tumor from hepatocellular carcinoma.
Uneda
Noriaki
N
Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Japan.
Imamura
Haruo
H
Tada
Shuji
S
Kamikawa
Kentaro
K
Kudo
Kouichi
K
Chikazawa
Hideto
H
Miyase
Shuichi
S
Suko
Hironobu
H
Hirota
Kazuhiko
K
Urata
Joji
J
Mitsuzaki
Katsuhiko
K
Kamio
Takihiro
T
D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed