Crawford Charles K, Arshad Hajra, Fishman Elliot K
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0801.
Radiol Case Rep. 2025 Aug 8;20(11):5449-5453. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.07.013. eCollection 2025 Nov.
Undifferentiated embryonal sarcomas of the liver (UESLs) are mesenchymal tumors that commonly occur in children aged 5-20 years. It is a rare, aggressive tumor with nonspecific symptoms and imaging appearance. Radiologically, it usually presents as a large heterogeneous mass with solid and cystic components arising from the liver. However, correlation with histopathology is required to achieve a definitive diagnosis. The mainstay of treatment is surgery and chemotherapy with improved survival outcomes. We present a case of a 6-year-old boy with a large heterogenous embryonal sarcoma arising from the right liver lobe, diagnosed on histology after radical resection. As the patient presented initially with various non-specific flu-like symptoms, this case highlights the crucial role of a multidisciplinary approach, including radiology, pathology, and surgical oncology, in diagnosing and treating this rare and aggressive hepatic tumor, which is essential for early surgical resection to enhance patient survival rates.
肝未分化胚胎性肉瘤(UESLs)是一种间叶性肿瘤,常见于5至20岁的儿童。它是一种罕见的侵袭性肿瘤,症状和影像学表现均无特异性。在放射学上,它通常表现为肝脏出现的一个包含实性和囊性成分的大的异质性肿块。然而,需要与组织病理学结果相关联才能做出明确诊断。治疗的主要方法是手术和化疗,生存结果有所改善。我们报告一例6岁男孩,其右肝叶出现一个大的异质性胚胎性肉瘤,在根治性切除术后经组织学确诊。由于该患者最初表现出各种非特异性的流感样症状,本病例凸显了多学科方法(包括放射学、病理学和外科肿瘤学)在诊断和治疗这种罕见且侵袭性的肝脏肿瘤中的关键作用,这对于早期手术切除以提高患者生存率至关重要。