Clinics in diagnostic imaging (89). Infantile hepatosplenic haemangioendotheliomas

Singapore Med J. 2003 Sep;44(9):491-5.

Abstract

The ultrasonographical and computed tomography findings of a six-month-old female infant with haemangioendotheliomas of the liver and spleen are described. The splenic lesion had an unusual ultrasonographical appearance of a well-defined isoechoic mass with a hypoechoic rim. Diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination of the hepatic biopsy specimen. Hepatosplenic lesions in the first year of life may be due to a variety of pathological processes. It is important to include haemangioendotheliomas in the differential diagnosis of hepatosplenic masses in an infant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hemangioendothelioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangioendothelioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Splenic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Splenic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography