title: [A case of hypervascular hyperplastic nodules mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma in alcoholic liver cirrhosis].
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors: Jae Eun
authors: JE
authors: Park
authors: Byung Seok
authors: BS
authors: Kim
authors: Chang Hyeong
authors: CH
authors: Lee
authors: Joon Hyuck
authors: JH
authors: Choi
authors: Young Chan
authors: YC
authors: Park
authors: Kwan Kyu
authors: KK
authors: Park
mesh_terms: 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