Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma on MR and

Autor: Siqi, Wang, Huawei, Xia, Xiangxiang, Liu, Yao, Liu, Cen, Lou
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine. 25(2)
ISSN: 1790-5427
Popis: Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma (HEAML) is a rare hepatic mesenchymal tumor with malignant potential. Unlike hepatic angiomyolipoma, HEAML is devoid of adipocytes. Thus, it is easy to be misdiagnosed as other tumors of liver, especially hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on preoperative imaging examinations. Herein, we present a case of HEAML mimicking HCC on magnetic resonance (MR) and fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (
Databáze: OpenAIRE