Open AccessThe Cystic Hepatic Mesenchymal Hamartoma in an Adult Mistaken for Hydatid Disease: Case Report
Author(s) -
Niloofar Ayoobi Yazdi,
Faeze Salahshour,
Habibollah Dashti,
Masoomeh Safaei,
Selda Behestani,
Moneereh Moayeri,
Mehran Arab Ahmadi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iranian journal of radiology./iranian journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2008-2711
pISSN - 1735-1065
DOI - 10.5812/iranjradiol.97387
Subject(s) - medicine , albendazole , histopathology , hamartoma , differential diagnosis , pathology , hydatid cyst , mesenchymal stem cell , cyst , surgery
: Hydatid cyst is one of the predominantly cystic liver lesions and is also a zoonotic disease that is highly endemic in the Mediterranean 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 hamartoma 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.