New sonographic appearance of hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma in childhood

J Clin Ultrasound. 1999 Mar-Apr;27(3):164-7. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199903/04)27:3<164::aid-jcu12>3.0.co;2-j.

Abstract

We present clinical, radiographic, and sonographic findings in 3 children with hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma, a rare benign tumor of childhood. The presence of round hyperechoic parietal nodules within the cystic spaces of the hamartomas is a new sonographic finding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Hamartoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Diseases / surgery
  • Male
  • Mesoderm / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography