Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the liver in a child: CT and MR findings

Pediatr Radiol. 2003 Jan;33(1):30-3. doi: 10.1007/s00247-002-0786-4. Epub 2002 Sep 25.

Abstract

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the liver is a rare disease in children and is characterized by an inflammatory mass of uncertain aetiology which simulates a true neoplasm, often resulting in a diagnostic dilemma. We report a pathologically proven case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the liver in a 14-month-old boy with jaundice. CT and MRI showed an ill-defined, homogeneously enhancing mass located in the hilar portion of the liver with biliary obstruction. He underwent percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage to relieve obstructive jaundice, followed by lobectomy and, finally, liver transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / diagnostic imaging
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / pathology
  • Cholestasis / diagnosis
  • Cholestasis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Inflammation / diagnosis*
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver* / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver* / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional