Torsed pedunculated hepatic hamartoma

Pediatr Radiol. 2009 Jan;39(1):62-5. doi: 10.1007/s00247-008-1007-6. Epub 2008 Sep 16.

Abstract

We report a 9-year-old boy with a 6-h history of acute abdominal pain due to torsion of a pedunculated hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma. The lesion was seen, on US and CT, to connect to the liver through a pedicle. Mesenchymal hepatic hamartomas are unusual tumours that may be pedunculated, and this is a unique case complicated by torsion. The radiological and pathological findings, differential diagnosis, and clinical course are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Contrast Media
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hamartoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Diseases / surgery
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Torsion Abnormality / diagnostic imaging*
  • Torsion Abnormality / surgery
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color

Substances

  • Contrast Media