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Case Reports
. 2013 Nov 18;2(7):2047981613498722.
doi: 10.1177/2047981613498722. eCollection 2013.

Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma in a 5-month-old female infant

Pei-Shan Tsai  1 , Ting-Chi Yeh  2 , Shin-Lin Shih  3
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Case Reports

Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma in a 5-month-old female infant

Pei-Shan Tsai et al. Acta Radiol Short Rep. .

Abstract

Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasm deriving from the smooth muscle cells. Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma is very rare. Its onset is always during middle and old age. Herein, we present a case of primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma in a 5-month-old girl who may be the youngest patient reported in the known published English literature.

Keywords: Infant; leiomyosarcoma; liver; neoplasm; primary.

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Fig. 1.
Plain abdominal film revealed increased opacity over the right upper abdomen, raising concern of hepatomegaly.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
CT features of primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma. (a) Unenhanced axial CT scan of the liver revealed a large, partial demarcated and heterogeneous low attenuation mass arising from the inferior part of the right lobe of the liver without notable calcification seen. (b) Contrast-enhanced axial and (c) coronal CT scan in the venous phase showed the mass enhancing heterogeneously and intensely with areas of necrosis or hemorrhage and having mass effect to adjacent right kidney and bowel loops.
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