Angiomyolipoma of the liver

Abstract

Hepatic angiomyolipoma is a rare and benign entity. It has a wide variation and poses a diagnostic challenge clinically, radiologically, and pathologically. Its prognosis is good regardless of management, including hepatic resection or conservative treatment after tissue biopsy by echo-guided needle. To alleviate the mass effect, surgical resection may be needed for hepatic angiomyolipoma in selected cases.

Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: A Clinical Experience in Diagnosis and Treatment

“…Meanwhile, given the high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in China and the overlapping imaging presentations of hepatic AML and hepatocellular carcinoma, a diagnosis of hepatic AML should not be made hastily in patients whose diagnosis has not been confirmed by the above investigations. Most researchers believe that hepatic AML is a benign tumor and therefore advocate conservative treatment [17,18]. In our study, pathological examination results showed that the tumor was benign in all patients and no evidence of intra-or extra-hepatic metastases was identified in any patient after long-term follow-up.…”

Angiomiolipoma de hígado: Un tumor hepático benigno poco frecuente

“…Dentro de la incidencia de esta tumoración, cabe destacar que es más frecuente en mujeres (3) y suele estar asociado a otras enfermedades como es la esclerosis tuberosa (6-15%) (3,4).…”

Hepatocellular carcinoma with concomitant hepatic angiomyolipoma and cavernous hemangioma in one patient

“…Most cases of hepatic AML and cavernous hemangioma have a good prognosis regardless of the management strategy [25] , but hepatocellular carcinoma should be removed surgically. We report the extremely rare case of an HCC tumor accompanied with a concomitant hepatic AML and a hepatic cavernous hemangioma occurring in adjacent positions.…”