Solid mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in adult

J Korean Med Sci. 1999 Jun;14(3):335-7. doi: 10.3346/jkms.1999.14.3.335.

Abstract

This paper presents an unusual solid mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver (MHL) in adult. A well defined solid mass in the left lobe of the liver was found in a 57-year-old female. Preoperative radiologic examinations demonstrated solid mass with multifocal calcifications abutting the gallbladder. By light microscopy, the lesion was composed of dense fibrous stroma with hyalinization, bile ducts and thick-walled vessels without hepatocytes. The solid and hyalinized mesenchymal component would suggest an unusual degenerative change representing a burnt-out MHL.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hamartoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hamartoma / pathology*
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Mesoderm / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed