Embryonal sarcoma of the liver in an adult mimicking complicated hepatic cyst: MRI findings

✍ Scribed by Akira Tsukada; Yoichi Ishizaki; Bunsei Nobukawa; Seiji Kawasaki

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 300 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1053-1807
• DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22177

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Radiologically, embryonal sarcoma reveals a characteristic spectrum of both solid and cystic features. However, MRI is sometimes unable to reveal the solid components. Here, we describe a case in which intracystic hemorrhage revealed a solid mural nodule obscured with the cystic lesion. Knowledge of this feature is helpful when making a prospective diagnosis of this important, albeit rare, hepatic malignancy. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2010;31:1477–1480. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.