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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2017

Primary hepatic angiomyolipoma: immunohistochemistry and electron microscopic observations: a case report.

Hidefumi Kubo, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Takemichi Okada, Yoshihito Takahashi, Yatsushi Nishi, Hiroaki Yokomori

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. A Rare Case of PEComa of the Liver.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology · 2021
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  3. Hepatic monotypic epithelioid angiomyolipoma with concomitant hepatocellular carcinoma.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2019
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hidefumi KuboDepartment of Surgery, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan.
Hitoshi YamazakiDepartment of Pathology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto-Saitama, Japan.
Takemichi OkadaDepartment of Radiology, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan.
Yoshihito TakahashiDepartment of Surgery, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan.
Yatsushi NishiDepartment of Surgery, Kitasato University Medical Center, Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan.
Hiroaki YokomoriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kitasato University Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. yokomori@insti.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
Kitasato University Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatic angiomyolipomas are a rare, benign group of mesenchymal tumors in the liver. Hepatic angiomyolipoma is sometimes misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma, and there is the possibility of a malignant transformation. Hence, the accurate diagnosis of this disorder is necessary. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old Japanese man was observed to have a space-occupying lesion of 15-mm diameter in the liver during a follow-up examination for a previously resected cecal carcinoma. He underwent lateral segmentectomy of the liver with a provisional diagnosis of hepatic metastatic recurrence of the carcinoma based on gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging.

conclusionsWe have explored the combination of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and histological examination to confirm our diagnosis of hepatic angiomyolipoma comprising an intimate mixture of numerous abnormal blood vessels, adipocytes, and epithelioid spindle cells of various sizes. Immunohistochemical examination revealed characteristic pathological findings associated with positive qualitative immunoreactions for human melanoma black 45 and desmin. Electron microscopic findings revealed the presence of melanosomes in the epithelioid cells. Diffusion-weighted imaging provides a more accurate diagnostic image with the characteristic macroscopic appearance of hepatic angiomyolipoma. Through immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy, we also show that this benign tumor comprises tissue elements.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingAngiomyolipomaCarcinoma, HepatocellularContrast MediaGadolinium DTPAHumansImmunohistochemistryLiverLiver NeoplasmsMaleMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeContrast MediaGadolinium DTPAgadolinium ethoxybenzyl DTPAElectron microscopyEthoxybenzyl MRIHepatic angiomyolipomaImmunohistochemistry

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