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PRENATALLY DETECTED HEPATIC HAMARTOMA: ANOTHER CAUSE OF NON‐IMMUNE HYDROPS
Author(s) -
BESSHO TAKEFUMI,
KUBOTA KOZO,
KOMORI SHINJI,
OHTSUKA YOSHITOSHI,
UNEO YUJI,
UEMATSU KUNIO,
KOYAMA KOJI
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199604)16:4<337::aid-pd848>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - pathology , hamartoma , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , immune system , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , radiology , immunology , biology , pregnancy , genetics
Although various conditions associated with non‐immune hydrops have been reported, primary hepatic tumours are rare. As a mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver is a rare benign tumour, it has not been listed as a cause of hydrops. In this report we describe a case in which a large cystic mass in the fetal liver associated with non‐immune hydrops was prenatally detected with sonography and magnetic resonance imaging, and histopathologically confirmed as a mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver.