title: [A patient with an angiomyolipoma of the liver in whom the course of enlargement could be confirmed].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uneda
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamikawa
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chikazawa
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyase
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suko
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urata
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsuzaki
authors.forename: Takihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamio
mesh_terms: 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