Focal Nodular Hyperplasia of the Liver without a Central Scar: A Rare Case Report
Published: April 1, 2023 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2023/61071.17790
Gyanendra Singh, Anurag Singh, Manoj Jain, Tushar Kalonia
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, AIIMS, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, KGMC, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Professor, Department of Pathology, SGPGI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Sharda Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Correspondence
Gyanendra Singh,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, AIIMS, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
E-mail: gyanendra002@gmail.com
Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH) is most frequent benign tumour of liver just after the haemangioma, which makes about 3-5% of all primary hepatic tumours. It occurs frequently in females during their middle age group. This is case report of 48-year-old female patient having complaints of upper abdominal pain since last one year. Using abdominal ultrasonography and a CT scan, it was discovered that segment four of the liver contained a tumour measuring 11 cm in maximum diameter without a central scar, which made preoperative imaging scans for FNH difficult to diagnose. Lobectomy of left lobe was done. The gross specimen on cut section revealed a lesion with nodular appearance and absence of any central stellate scar. On the basis of histopathological finding the diagnosis of FNH without central stellet scar was made. To ensure adequate therapy, it is essential to differentiate between FNH and other hyper vascular liver lesions and metastases. Therefore, it is difficult to diagnose FNH before surgery if there are no typical radiological findings. This case report focused on FNH without the usual radiological findings and emphasised its importance to distinguish it from other malignant hyper vascular liver entities.
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