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Cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — A pathologist's perspective

A patient presented with an acute episode of bright red blood in her stool. The incidental liver mass seen in segment 4 was suspected to represent a cholangiocarcinoma due to associated mild intrahepatic biliary ductal dilatation and suspicion for capsular retraction. Pathology confirmed that this l...

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Autores principales: Andeen, Nicole K., Bhargava, Puneet, Park, James O., Moshiri, Mariam, Westerhoff, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27186246
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v9i2.937
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author Andeen, Nicole K.
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description A patient presented with an acute episode of bright red blood in her stool. The incidental liver mass seen in segment 4 was suspected to represent a cholangiocarcinoma due to associated mild intrahepatic biliary ductal dilatation and suspicion for capsular retraction. Pathology confirmed that this lesion represented a sclerosing hemangioma. This case report corroborates prior observations that degenerative changes in hemangiomas—sclerosis, narrowing of vascular channels, thrombosis, infarct, hemorrhage—may produce atypical radiographic findings. Since these atypical radiographic features may suggest a primary or metastatic malignancy, the protean appearance of hemangiomas remains an important consideration in the evaluation of hepatic masses.
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spelling pubmed-48618362016-05-16 Cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — A pathologist's perspective Andeen, Nicole K. Bhargava, Puneet Park, James O. Moshiri, Mariam Westerhoff, Maria Radiol Case Rep Article A patient presented with an acute episode of bright red blood in her stool. The incidental liver mass seen in segment 4 was suspected to represent a cholangiocarcinoma due to associated mild intrahepatic biliary ductal dilatation and suspicion for capsular retraction. Pathology confirmed that this lesion represented a sclerosing hemangioma. This case report corroborates prior observations that degenerative changes in hemangiomas—sclerosis, narrowing of vascular channels, thrombosis, infarct, hemorrhage—may produce atypical radiographic findings. Since these atypical radiographic features may suggest a primary or metastatic malignancy, the protean appearance of hemangiomas remains an important consideration in the evaluation of hepatic masses. Elsevier 2015-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4861836/ /pubmed/27186246 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v9i2.937 Text en © 2014 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — A pathologist's perspective
title_full Cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — A pathologist's perspective
title_fullStr Cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — A pathologist's perspective
title_full_unstemmed Cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — A pathologist's perspective
title_short Cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — A pathologist's perspective
title_sort cavernous hemangioma with extensive sclerosis masquerading as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma — a pathologist's perspective
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