Korean J Gastroenterol.  1999 Jun;33(6):859-863.

A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Diagnosed by Fine -needle Aspiration Biopsy

• Park ER
• Kim HR
• Lee KA
• Shim KN
• Jung HY
• Yang SK
• Hong WS
• Min YI
• Yu ES
• Lee MG

Abstract

Hepatic angiomyolipoma is a rare benign tumor of the liver composed of blood vessel, smooth muscle cells, fat and myelocomponent. The preoperative diagnosed of the lesion is important because of its therapeutic implications. Radiologic findings are not specific because the composed elements are variable in proportion and distribution. Thus, the findings at computed tomography, ultrasono graphy and magnetic resonance imaging may be only suggestive and its definitive diagnosed requires histologic confirmation. We experienced a case of hepatic angiomyolipoma in patient with chronic hepatitis diagnosed preoperatively by fine-needle aspiraton biopsy under ultrasound guidance. To our knowledge, this is the first case of hepatic angiomyolipoma diagnosed preoperatively in Korea. We report it with review of literatures.

Keyword

Angiomyolipoma; Liver; Fine-needle aspiration

MeSH Terms

Angiomyolipoma*
Biopsy
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Biopsy, Needle*
Blood Vessels
Hepatitis, Chronic
Humans
Korea
Liver
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle
Ultrasonography