Surgical treatment of mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in an adult female patient: problems of diagnosing the оrare tumor
https://doi.org/10.25789/YMJ.2025.91.32
Abstract
In our report, we present a case of a 45-year-old female patient with MHL. Before surgery, a differentiated diagnosis included cholangiocarcinoma and focal nodular hyperplasia. Attempts of morphological verification, including ultrasound-guided biopsies, were uninformative. The final diagnosis was established after laparoscopic anatomical liver resection with histological and immunohistochemical examination. This case highlights the importance of a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis of liver tumors in adults and the need to include MHL in the differential diagnosis in the case of atypical clinical and radiological presentation.
About the Authors
D. N. KostromitskyRussian Federation
A. Yu. Dobrodeev
Russian Federation
D. P. Koval
Russian Federation
S. G. Afanasyev
Russian Federation
A. S. Tarasova
Russian Federation
D. I. Azovsky
Russian Federation
S. V. Vtorushin
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Kostromitsky D.N., Dobrodeev A.Yu., Koval D.P., Afanasyev S.G., Tarasova A.S., Azovsky D.I., Vtorushin S.V. Surgical treatment of mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in an adult female patient: problems of diagnosing the оrare tumor. Yakut Medical Journal. 2025;(3):151-154. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25789/YMJ.2025.91.32