Benign liver tumors are common lesions that are usually asymptomatic and are often found incidentally due to recent advances in imaging techniques and their widespread use.Although most of these tumors can be managed ...Benign liver tumors are common lesions that are usually asymptomatic and are often found incidentally due to recent advances in imaging techniques and their widespread use.Although most of these tumors can be managed conservatively or treated by surgical resection,liver transplantation(LT)is the only treatment option in selected patients.LT is usually indicated in patients that present with life-threatening complications,when the lesions are diffuse in the hepatic parenchyma or when malignant transformation cannot be ruled out.However,due to the significant postoperative morbidity of the procedure,scarcity of available donor liver grafts,and the benign course of the disease,the indications for LT are still not standardized.Hepatic adenoma and adenomatosis,hepatic hemangioma,and hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma are among the most common benign liver tumors treated by LT.This article reviews the role of LT in patients with benign liver tumors.The indications for LT and long-term outcomes of LT are presented.展开更多
BACKGROUND Intrahepatic bile duct adenoma(BDA)is one of the rarest of the rare benign tumors of the liver in the pediatric age group.It arises from the epithelial lining of intrahepatic bile ducts.The overall incidenc...BACKGROUND Intrahepatic bile duct adenoma(BDA)is one of the rarest of the rare benign tumors of the liver in the pediatric age group.It arises from the epithelial lining of intrahepatic bile ducts.The overall incidence of BDA is 1.3%of all primary benign liver tumors.Few case reports of this rare tumor occurring in adult population are present in the literature and to date,only one pediatric case has been reported worldwide.CASE SUMMARY An 18-month-old male child presented with chief complaints of mass per abdomen for 8 mo.Computerized tomography abdomen revealed a well-defined exophytic solid tumor arising from the posteroinferior margin of the right lobe of the liver with heterogenous enhancement and cystic changes,suggesting a suspicion of hepatoblastoma.Non-anatomical liver resection was done and a tumor of 10 cm×9.5 cm was excised.Histopathology of the specimen was conclusive with the diagnosis of intrahepatic bile duct adenoma,which was further supported by immunohistochemistry panel testing.The post-operative period was uneventful.On follow-up,the child was doing well and had no postoperative complication.CONCLUSION Intrahepatic bile duct adenoma in children is very rare and to date only one case has been reported.This is the second pediatric case of intrahepatic bile duct adenoma in the world.Additionally this is the first ever case of such a large tumor presenting in a child.展开更多
Schwannoma is predominantly a benign neoplasm of the Schwann cells in the neural sheath of the peripheral nerves.Occurrence of schwannoma in parenchymatous organs,such as liver,is extremely rare.A 64-year-old man with...Schwannoma is predominantly a benign neoplasm of the Schwann cells in the neural sheath of the peripheral nerves.Occurrence of schwannoma in parenchymatous organs,such as liver,is extremely rare.A 64-year-old man without neurofibromatosis was observed to have a space-occupying lesion of 23mm diameter in the liver during follow-up examination for a previously resected gastrointestinal stromal tumor(GIST)in the small intestine.He underwent lateral segmentectomy of the liver under a provisional diagnosis of hepatic metastatic recurrence of the GIST.Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a benign schwannoma,confirmed by characteristic pathological findings and positive immunoreactions with the neurogenic marker S-100 protein,but negative for c-kit,or CD34.The tumor was the smallest among the reported cases.When the primary hepatic schwannoma is small in size,preopera- tive clinical diagnosis is difficult.Therefore,this disease should be listed as differential diagnosis for liver tumor with clinically benign characteristics.展开更多
文摘Benign liver tumors are common lesions that are usually asymptomatic and are often found incidentally due to recent advances in imaging techniques and their widespread use.Although most of these tumors can be managed conservatively or treated by surgical resection,liver transplantation(LT)is the only treatment option in selected patients.LT is usually indicated in patients that present with life-threatening complications,when the lesions are diffuse in the hepatic parenchyma or when malignant transformation cannot be ruled out.However,due to the significant postoperative morbidity of the procedure,scarcity of available donor liver grafts,and the benign course of the disease,the indications for LT are still not standardized.Hepatic adenoma and adenomatosis,hepatic hemangioma,and hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma are among the most common benign liver tumors treated by LT.This article reviews the role of LT in patients with benign liver tumors.The indications for LT and long-term outcomes of LT are presented.
文摘BACKGROUND Intrahepatic bile duct adenoma(BDA)is one of the rarest of the rare benign tumors of the liver in the pediatric age group.It arises from the epithelial lining of intrahepatic bile ducts.The overall incidence of BDA is 1.3%of all primary benign liver tumors.Few case reports of this rare tumor occurring in adult population are present in the literature and to date,only one pediatric case has been reported worldwide.CASE SUMMARY An 18-month-old male child presented with chief complaints of mass per abdomen for 8 mo.Computerized tomography abdomen revealed a well-defined exophytic solid tumor arising from the posteroinferior margin of the right lobe of the liver with heterogenous enhancement and cystic changes,suggesting a suspicion of hepatoblastoma.Non-anatomical liver resection was done and a tumor of 10 cm×9.5 cm was excised.Histopathology of the specimen was conclusive with the diagnosis of intrahepatic bile duct adenoma,which was further supported by immunohistochemistry panel testing.The post-operative period was uneventful.On follow-up,the child was doing well and had no postoperative complication.CONCLUSION Intrahepatic bile duct adenoma in children is very rare and to date only one case has been reported.This is the second pediatric case of intrahepatic bile duct adenoma in the world.Additionally this is the first ever case of such a large tumor presenting in a child.
文摘Schwannoma is predominantly a benign neoplasm of the Schwann cells in the neural sheath of the peripheral nerves.Occurrence of schwannoma in parenchymatous organs,such as liver,is extremely rare.A 64-year-old man without neurofibromatosis was observed to have a space-occupying lesion of 23mm diameter in the liver during follow-up examination for a previously resected gastrointestinal stromal tumor(GIST)in the small intestine.He underwent lateral segmentectomy of the liver under a provisional diagnosis of hepatic metastatic recurrence of the GIST.Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a benign schwannoma,confirmed by characteristic pathological findings and positive immunoreactions with the neurogenic marker S-100 protein,but negative for c-kit,or CD34.The tumor was the smallest among the reported cases.When the primary hepatic schwannoma is small in size,preopera- tive clinical diagnosis is difficult.Therefore,this disease should be listed as differential diagnosis for liver tumor with clinically benign characteristics.
