Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case report
Abstract Background Ring calcification in hepatocellular carcinoma is extremely rare. Untreated hepatocellular carcinoma occasionally includes calcified lesions. Here, we report a case of ring-calcified hepatocellular carcinoma. Case presentation A 60-year-old man with a hepatic tumor was referred t...
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| author | Yutaro Matsunaga Shunichi Ariizumi Go Shibuya Shuichiro Uemura Takaaki Kato Takehisa Yazawa Shingo Yamashita Akiko Omori Ryota Higuchi Yutaka Takahashi Yoshihito Kotera Hiroto Egawa Masakazu Yamamoto |
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| description | Abstract Background Ring calcification in hepatocellular carcinoma is extremely rare. Untreated hepatocellular carcinoma occasionally includes calcified lesions. Here, we report a case of ring-calcified hepatocellular carcinoma. Case presentation A 60-year-old man with a hepatic tumor was referred to Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital. He had a history of chronic hepatitis C. Computed tomography showed a liver tumor 20 mm in diameter in segment 6 of the Couinaud classification, with ring calcification. Based on this uncommon imaging presentation and the patient’s past exposure to the definitive hosts of Echinococcus multilocularis, he was preoperatively diagnosed with echinococcosis. Partial hepatectomy was performed as a radical treatment for echinococcosis. A final diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma was confirmed based on pathological findings. The patient was discharged uneventfully. Conclusion The presentation of an extremely rare hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification may be disguised as hydatid disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eba64bc7ee76460dbe69433bc790e9cb2025-08-20T02:51:46ZengJapan Surgical SocietySurgical Case Reports2198-77932020-07-01611510.1186/s40792-020-00927-5Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case reportYutaro Matsunaga0Shunichi Ariizumi1Go Shibuya2Shuichiro Uemura3Takaaki Kato4Takehisa Yazawa5Shingo Yamashita6Akiko Omori7Ryota Higuchi8Yutaka Takahashi9Yoshihito Kotera10Hiroto Egawa11Masakazu Yamamoto12Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical UniversityAbstract Background Ring calcification in hepatocellular carcinoma is extremely rare. Untreated hepatocellular carcinoma occasionally includes calcified lesions. Here, we report a case of ring-calcified hepatocellular carcinoma. Case presentation A 60-year-old man with a hepatic tumor was referred to Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital. He had a history of chronic hepatitis C. Computed tomography showed a liver tumor 20 mm in diameter in segment 6 of the Couinaud classification, with ring calcification. Based on this uncommon imaging presentation and the patient’s past exposure to the definitive hosts of Echinococcus multilocularis, he was preoperatively diagnosed with echinococcosis. Partial hepatectomy was performed as a radical treatment for echinococcosis. A final diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma was confirmed based on pathological findings. The patient was discharged uneventfully. Conclusion The presentation of an extremely rare hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification may be disguised as hydatid disease.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00927-5HCC, Calcification, Ring calcification, Rim calcification, CT findings, Echinococcosis, Hydatid disease |
| spellingShingle | Yutaro Matsunaga Shunichi Ariizumi Go Shibuya Shuichiro Uemura Takaaki Kato Takehisa Yazawa Shingo Yamashita Akiko Omori Ryota Higuchi Yutaka Takahashi Yoshihito Kotera Hiroto Egawa Masakazu Yamamoto Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case report Surgical Case Reports HCC, Calcification, Ring calcification, Rim calcification, CT findings, Echinococcosis, Hydatid disease |
| title | Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case report |
| title_full | Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case report |
| title_short | Hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease: a case report |
| title_sort | hepatocellular carcinoma with ring calcification mimicking hydatid disease a case report |
| topic | HCC, Calcification, Ring calcification, Rim calcification, CT findings, Echinococcosis, Hydatid disease |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00927-5 |
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