A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B Carrier

We report a rare case of resected hepatic AML, which was misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma in a chronic hepatitis B carrier. A 45-year-old woman who was a carrier of hepatitis B virus infection presented with a hepatic tumor. Her serum alpha-fetoprotein level was normal. Ultrasonography revea...

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Main Authors: Jin Yeon Hwang, Sung Wook Lee, Yang Hyun Baek, Jong Han Kim, Ha Yeon Kim, Suck Hyang Bae, Jin Han Cho, Hee Jin Kwon, Jin Sook Jeong, Young Hoon Roh, Sang Young Han
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Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/606108
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Sung Wook Lee
Yang Hyun Baek
Jong Han Kim
Ha Yeon Kim
Suck Hyang Bae
Jin Han Cho
Hee Jin Kwon
Jin Sook Jeong
Young Hoon Roh
Sang Young Han
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Young Hoon Roh
Sang Young Han
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description We report a rare case of resected hepatic AML, which was misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma in a chronic hepatitis B carrier. A 45-year-old woman who was a carrier of hepatitis B virus infection presented with a hepatic tumor. Her serum alpha-fetoprotein level was normal. Ultrasonography revealed a round and well-circumscribed echogenic hepatic tumor measuring 2.5 cm in the segment VI. On contrast-enhanced computed tomography, a hypervascular tumor was observed in the arterial phase and washing-out of the contrast medium in the portal phase and delayed phase. On MR T1-weighted in-phase images, the mass showed low signal intensity, and on out-of-phase images, the mass showed signal drop and dark signal intensity. On MR T2-weighted images, the mass showed high signal intensity. The mass demonstrated high signal intensity on arterial phase after contrast injection, suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient underwent hepatic wedge resection and histopathological diagnosis was a hepatic angiomyolipoma.
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spelling doaj-art-90da219b74eb48d4b06a8ac3de7cc9f02025-08-20T02:10:04ZengWileyCase Reports in Hepatology2090-65872090-65952012-01-01201210.1155/2012/606108606108A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B CarrierJin Yeon Hwang0Sung Wook Lee1Yang Hyun Baek2Jong Han Kim3Ha Yeon Kim4Suck Hyang Bae5Jin Han Cho6Hee Jin Kwon7Jin Sook Jeong8Young Hoon Roh9Sang Young Han10Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Pathology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, Republic of KoreaWe report a rare case of resected hepatic AML, which was misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma in a chronic hepatitis B carrier. A 45-year-old woman who was a carrier of hepatitis B virus infection presented with a hepatic tumor. Her serum alpha-fetoprotein level was normal. Ultrasonography revealed a round and well-circumscribed echogenic hepatic tumor measuring 2.5 cm in the segment VI. On contrast-enhanced computed tomography, a hypervascular tumor was observed in the arterial phase and washing-out of the contrast medium in the portal phase and delayed phase. On MR T1-weighted in-phase images, the mass showed low signal intensity, and on out-of-phase images, the mass showed signal drop and dark signal intensity. On MR T2-weighted images, the mass showed high signal intensity. The mass demonstrated high signal intensity on arterial phase after contrast injection, suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient underwent hepatic wedge resection and histopathological diagnosis was a hepatic angiomyolipoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/606108
spellingShingle Jin Yeon Hwang
Sung Wook Lee
Yang Hyun Baek
Jong Han Kim
Ha Yeon Kim
Suck Hyang Bae
Jin Han Cho
Hee Jin Kwon
Jin Sook Jeong
Young Hoon Roh
Sang Young Han
A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B Carrier
Case Reports in Hepatology
title A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B Carrier
title_full A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B Carrier
title_fullStr A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B Carrier
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B Carrier
title_short A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Which Was Misdiagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Hepatitis B Carrier
title_sort case of hepatic angiomyolipoma which was misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma in a hepatitis b carrier
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/606108
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