Prenatal diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver.

Abstract

A case of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver presenting in a 36-week-old fetus is reported. The tumour appeared on antenatal ultrasound as a 4.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 2.7 cm hypoechoic mass at the periphery of the right lobe of the liver. Colour Doppler imaging showed it to have prominent vascularity. Postnatally, sonography confirmed the presence of a vascular mass within the liver. The tumour was removed at laparotomy and was diagnosed as an area of focal nodular hyperplasia on histopathological examination.

• Authors: B M Petrikovsky, H L Cohen, P Scimeca, E Bellucci
• Journal: Prenatal diagnosis (Prenat Diagn) Vol. 14 Issue 5 Pg. 406-9 (May 1994) ISSN: 0197-3851 [Print] England
• PMID: 8084860 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Female
• Humans
• Hyperplasia (diagnostic imaging)
• Infant, Newborn
• Liver (diagnostic imaging, embryology, pathology)
• Liver Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Pregnancy
• Ultrasonography, Prenatal