A 25-year-old man with a large hepatic tumor and multiple nodular lesions

Semin Liver Dis. 2002 Feb;22(1):97-102. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-23209.

Abstract

A 25-year-old man without a prior history of liver disease presented with an 18-cm tumor of the right hepatic lobe, which was associated with multiple nodular lesions in the remaining parenchyma. The histologic and immunohistochemical features of the neoplasm were those of a poorly differentiated leiomyosarcoma with epithelioid features. The nodular lesions measured up to 4 cm in greatest dimension and had gross and microscopic features of focal nodular hyperplasia. This case suggests that multiple focal nodular hyperplasia may occasionally represent a parenchymal reaction to abnormal blood supply developing within the liver as a consequence of an enlarging malignant tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / diagnosis
  • Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / metabolism
  • Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Leiomyosarcoma / metabolism
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male