[A case of hypervascular hyperplastic nodules mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma in alcoholic liver cirrhosis].
Benign hypervascular hyperplastic nodules (HHN) in liver cirrhosis are very rare. It is important to distinguish between regenerative nodules (hyperplastic nodules) and tumorous nodules (dysplastic or neoplastic nodules) in hepatocellular nodular lesions. The differential diagnosis between HHN and hepatocellular carcinoma on the basis of radiologic imaging is often difficult, and is clinically important when determining the therapeutic plan. Therefore, histological confirmation by needle biopsy sampling of the liver is necessary for a correct diagnosis of HHN. We report herein a case of benign HHN mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma in a 32-year-old male alcoholic liver cirrhosis patient without viral hepatitis infection.
Park
Jae Eun
JE
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Kim
Byung Seok
BS
Lee
Chang Hyeong
CH
Choi
Joon Hyuck
JH
Park
Young Chan
YC
Park
Kwan Kyu
KK
D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed