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Adrenal Rest Tumor of the Liver Preoperatively Diagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Joint Authors
Enjoji, Megumu
Sanada, Katsuya
Seki, Ryota
Ito, Takashi
Maeda, Masato
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-06-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Hepatic adrenal rest tumors are rare and show similar findings to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
It is difficult to distinguish an adrenal rest tumor from HCC due to radiological similarity.
We report a case of an adrenal rest tumor in the liver that mimicked HCC radiologically.
Case Presentation.
A 67-year-old female was referred to our hospital due to the finding of a hepatic mass.
Enhanced computed tomography revealed a 17 mm well-defined tumor that was enhanced in the arterial phase and washed out in the portal and delayed phase in the posterosuperior subsegment of the right hepatic lobe, and HCC was suspected.
We performed a subsegmental resection of the liver.
Microscopic findings showed that the tumor was composed of pale cells, and tumor cells were aligned in alveolar or fascicular arrangements in a similar manner to features of adrenocortical tissue.
Immunohistochemically, the tumor expressed synaptophysin and CD56.
The final histopathologic diagnosis in this case was an adrenal rest tumor of the liver.
Conclusions.
An adrenal rest tumor is similar to HCC in radiological findings.
This hepatic tumor should be added to the list of radiological differential diagnoses of hypervascular hepatic tumors.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Enjoji, Megumu& Sanada, Katsuya& Seki, Ryota& Ito, Takashi& Maeda, Masato. 2017. Adrenal Rest Tumor of the Liver Preoperatively Diagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Enjoji, Megumu…[et al.]. Adrenal Rest Tumor of the Liver Preoperatively Diagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150297
American Medical Association (AMA)
Enjoji, Megumu& Sanada, Katsuya& Seki, Ryota& Ito, Takashi& Maeda, Masato. Adrenal Rest Tumor of the Liver Preoperatively Diagnosed as Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Case Reports in Surgery. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150297
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1150297