title: Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver.
abstract: Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver is the second most common benign liver tumor of childhood. Ultrasonography demonstrates a cystic lesion that may be very large. Computed tomographic scan will further establish the location and its relationship to vascular anatomy. Most will be amenable to gross total resection with clear margins. To illustrate the radiological and gross operative features, we present a 9-month-old male infant with a mesenchymal hamartoma with classic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University of Washington, and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center Seattle, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. kenneth.gow@seattlechildrens.org
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Gow
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pruthi
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Healey
mesh_terms: D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male