Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Oct 29;14(10):e245112. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245112.
Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma (UES) is an uncommon primary hepatic tumour of childhood. The mass usually shows paradoxical features of being cystic on CT and solid on ultrasound. These lesions are usually hypovascular. Very rarely they may present as hypervascular liver masses with macroaneurysms and arteriovenous (AV) shunt, with only less than six cases reported in literature. We report a case of an 11-year-old child who presented with progressive abdominal distention, and CT revealed a large exophytic hypervascular mass of liver with multiple macroaneurysms, pooling of contrast and a high-flow AV shunt. Histopathology, along with immunohistochemistry, revealed the mass to be UES. The child underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by successful surgery. The prognosis of this tumour depends on prompt diagnosis and early intervention. We present this case to highlight the atypical presentation of UES, which will encourage radiologists to keep this differential in relevant clinical settings.
未分化胚胎性肉瘤(UES)是一种罕见的儿童肝脏原发性肿瘤。该肿块在 CT 上通常表现为囊性,而在超声上则表现为实性,具有矛盾特征。这些病变通常血供较少。非常罕见的情况下,它们可能表现为富血管性肝脏肿块,伴有巨大动脉瘤和动静脉(AV)分流,文献中仅报道了不到 6 例。我们报告了一例 11 岁儿童,其表现为进行性腹胀,CT 显示肝脏有一个大型外生性富血管肿块,伴有多个巨大动脉瘤、对比剂积聚和高流量 AV 分流。组织病理学和免疫组织化学显示该肿块为 UES。患儿接受了新辅助化疗,随后成功进行了手术。该肿瘤的预后取决于及时诊断和早期干预。我们提出这个病例是为了强调 UES 的非典型表现,这将鼓励放射科医生在相关临床环境中保持这种鉴别诊断。