Andronikou Savvas, Soin Susanne, Nafoos Omar, Platt Kaye, Lakhoo Kokila
Department of Radiology, Stellenbosch University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 May;28(5):322-4. doi: 10.1097/01.mph.0000212919.31674.ab.
Mesenchymal Hamartoma [MH] is a cystic benign liver mass occurring in children. Diagnostic confusion with hepatoblastoma may arise when alpha-feto-protein is elevated, and with hemangioendothelioma when imaging shows centripetal filling. We demonstrate one such case with progressive centripetal enhancement of a liver mass with Gadolinium enhanced multiple phase gradient-echo MRI, in a child with raised alpha-feto protein.