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The Cystic Hepatic Mesenchymal Hamartoma in an Adult Mistaken for Hydatid Disease: Case Report Publisher



Yazdi NA1, 2 ; Salahshour F1, 2 ; Dashti H1 ; Safaei M3 ; Behestani S2 ; Moayeri M2 ; Ahmadi MA2
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  1. 1. Liver Transplantation Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Medical Imaging Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Source: Iranian Journal of Radiology Published:2021


Abstract

Hydatid cyst is one of the predominantly cystic liver lesions and is also a zoonotic disease that is highly endemic in the Mediter-ranean region. This condition has extensive differential diagnoses, such as hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma, a rare benign hepatic tumor, which commonly occurs in infants and children, and is extremely rare in adults. Its imaging findings vary from a cystic tumor to a solid mass occupying one or both lobes of the liver. We report an unusual case of a purely cystic mesenchymal hamar-toma of the liver in a 60-year-old female patient. The patient had been treated with albendazole for several years; however, the final histopathology revealed mesenchymal hamartoma. © 2021, Author(s).