title: Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver - case report and short literature overview.
abstract: Mesenchymal hamartoma (MH) is an uncommon benign hepatic tumour that presents mostly before the age of 2 years. Its biology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. We present the case of a 1-year-old male patient with a huge tumour of the right lobe of the liver which showed rapid enlargement. Imaging procedures revealed a central solid lesion, 18 cm in diameter in the right lobe of the liver, with cystic degeneration. After surgical resection a diagnosis of mesenchymal hamartoma was established by pathological examination of the surgical specimen. Postoperative recovery of the patient was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumour Pathology, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznań, Poland. orlowskimarcin@plusnet.pl
authors.forename: Aldonmarcina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orłowski
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bręborowicz
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000473:pathology*