Sharif K, Ramani P, Lochbühler H, Grundy R, de Ville de Goyet J
Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Feb;16(1):64-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-873072.
Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma is a rare benign tumour in children. It is often large and centrally located in the liver at diagnosis, making surgical resection difficult; thus non-radical resection has been proposed in the past as acceptable management. However, a literature survey and a case with recurrence associated with cytogenetic anomalies suggest that radical liver surgery (resection with a margin of normal liver parenchyma, as for malignant tumour) should be recommended for mesenchymal hamartoma.
