Magnetic resonance imaging of a small vessel hepatic hemangioma in a cirrhotic patient with histopathologic correlation

Sara Lewis; Badr Aljarallah; Anshu Trivedi; Swan N Thung

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.02.007

Magnetic resonance imaging of a small vessel hepatic hemangioma in a cirrhotic patient with histopathologic correlation

Clin Imaging. 2015 Jul-Aug;39(4):702-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.02.007. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

Authors

Sara Lewis¹, Badr Aljarallah², Anshu Trivedi³, Swan N Thung³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Body MRI, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029. Electronic address: sara.lewis@mountsinai.org.
² Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029.
³ Division of Liver Pathology, The Lillian and Henry Stratton - Hans Popper, Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029.

PMID: 25748474
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.02.007

Abstract

The authors report and discuss a rare case of a small vessel hepatic hemangioma in a 59-year-old patient with liver cirrhosis, which was pre-procedurally characterized as indeterminate due to atypical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features. This manuscript reviews the MRI features with pathologic correlation, emphasizes the importance of accurate characterization of liver lesions, and discusses the role of biopsy. We believe this is the first reported case of a small vessel hemangioma in liver cirrhosis with imaging and histopathologic correlation.

Keywords: Cirrhosis; Indeterminate liver lesion; MRI; Small vessel hepatic hemangioma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Hemangioma / complications
Hemangioma / pathology*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / complications
Liver Cirrhosis / pathology*
Liver Neoplasms / complications
Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Middle Aged