Torsed pedunculated hepatic hamartoma.
We report a 9-year-old boy with a 6-h history of acute abdominal pain due to torsion of a pedunculated hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma. The lesion was seen, on US and CT, to connect to the liver through a pedicle. Mesenchymal hepatic hamartomas are unusual tumours that may be pedunculated, and this is a unique case complicated by torsion. The radiological and pathological findings, differential diagnosis, and clinical course are discussed.
Vázquez-Lima
Ignacio
I
Department of Radiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Pizarro 22, Vigo 36204, Spain. Ignacio.Vazquez.Lima@sergas.es
Vázquez
José L
JL
Gallego
Marta
M
Fernández
Rebeca
R
Fernández
Pilar
P
D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
D003287:Contrast Media
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