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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1998;41(1):125-128. Published online January 15, 1998.

A Case of Mesenchymal Hamartoma

Ki Chang KC Lee¹, Chan Jung CJ Park¹, Woo Ki WK Lee¹, Kwang Woo KW Kim¹, Chang Ho CH Cho², Kwang Wha KW Park³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Pohang Sunrin Hospital, Pohang, Korea
²Department of Clinical Pathology, Pohang Sunrin Hospital, Pohang, Korea
³Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Correspondence Kwang Woo KW Kim ,Email: 1

Abstract

An one-day-old female patient was admitted due to marked abdominal distension, cyanosis, right upper quadrant mass, and respiratory failure since birth. We applied ventilator and supportive care immediatly. However, 4 days later, she was dead due to respiratory failure and hemorragic complication. The radiographic finding showed a huge intra-abdominal mass anterior to the intestine. Autopsy findings showed a huge single cystic tumor in the right lobe of the liver. The cysts were filled with sanguinous fluid. There wasn' t any signs of necrosis or calcification. Microscopically, the tumor was well demarcated from the adjacent hepatic parenchyma. It consists of connective tissue with dilated lymphatics, vessels, and bile ducts.

Keywords :Mesenchymal hamartoma