Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver and elevated alpha fetoprotein level in an infant with isolated hemihyperplasia

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Oct;30(10):775-7. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181812c7c.

Abstract

A case of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver in a 43-day-old baby girl with isolated hemihyperplasia and elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein is presented. The child referred to our hospital with bilateral renal masses detected by prenatal and postnatal ultrasonography. A mass lesion was detected in segment 6 of liver and was diagnosed as focal nodular hyperplasia. We present this case to emphasize the presence of focal nodular hyperplasia in a patient with isolated hemihypertrophy and elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein level.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fibrosis
  • Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / diagnosis*
  • Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Hemorrhage
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Hypertrophy
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Thiazoles
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis

Substances

  • Thiazoles
  • alpha-Fetoproteins
  • cystothiazole D