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- Title
Conversion of a neonatal hepatic hemangioma to focal nodular hyperplasia.
- Authors
Turowski, Carmen; Feist, Henning; Alzen, Gerhard; Glüer, Sylvia; Petersen, Claus
- Abstract
Hepatic hemangioma and focal nodular hyperplasia are both frequently observed benign lesions of the liver. Whereas hepatic hemangioma is the most frequent benign liver tumor in children, focal nodular hyperplasia occurs predominantly in adult patients. Concomitance of both entities has been described in adults, suggesting a similar pathogenesis. We report on a 6-month-old child with a continuously shrinking hepatic hemangioma after interventional therapy and a growing hepatic mass 5 years later, which emerged as focal nodular hyperplasia at the site of the former hemangioma. Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies regarding this patient are discussed. The present case supports the theory that these two entities may share a similar pathomechanism.
- Subjects
BENIGN prostatic hyperplasia; JUVENILE diseases; HEMANGIOMAS; HYPERPLASIA; BILIARY tract; CARCINOGENESIS
- Publication
Pathology International, 2009, Vol 59, Issue 4, p251
- ISSN
1320-5463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02359.x