1. Intrahepatic splenosis mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma in a cirrhotic liver.
- Author
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Kashgari AA, Al-Mana HM, and Al-Kadhi YA
- Subjects
- Biopsy, Needle, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular diagnostic imaging, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Liver diagnostic imaging, Liver Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Splenectomy, Ultrasonography, Liver pathology, Liver Cirrhosis diagnostic imaging, Splenosis diagnostic imaging
- Abstract
We report a patient who has a cirrhotic liver secondary to hepatitis C virus infection with a liver lesion incidentally found on routine liver ultrasound. The patient had a history of splenectomy 30 years earlier. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics suggested the diagnosis of intrahepatic splenosis, which is confirmed by core needle biopsy. Knowledge of these imaging findings makes this entity important to be considered in the differential diagnosis of a hepatic tumor in the presence of a history of splenic trauma or surgery.
- Published
- 2009