Localized hyaline plaque of the diaphragmatic peritoneum: report of a rare entity mimicking a hepatic tumor

A Kondis Pafitis; K Kontogianni; C Gennatas; V Smyrniotis

Localized hyaline plaque of the diaphragmatic peritoneum: report of a rare entity mimicking a hepatic tumor

J BUON. 2005 Jan-Mar;10(1):127-9.

Authors

A Kondis Pafitis¹, K Kontogianni, C Gennatas, V Smyrniotis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, "Areteion" University Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 17335144

Abstract

A liver tumor (2.5x3 cm) with malignant features on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was detected in a 69-year-old man with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated cirrhosis. On exploratory laparotomy a mass at the right diaphragmatic dome adherent to the liver segment VIII was found. En-block resection of this segment and the part at diaphragm hosting the tumor was carried out. On histology the tumor was a diaphragmatic hyaline plaque while in the resected liver no tumor was found.