Clin Mol Hepatol.  2017 Jun;23(2):179-183. 10.3350/cmh.2016.0027.

A case of ruptured hepatic angiomyolipoma in a young male

• Kim SH
• Kang TW
• Lim K
• Joh HS
• Kang J
• Sinn DH

• KMID: 2413122
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2016.0027

Abstract

A 31-year-old male visited a local hospital due to sudden-onset severe abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a solid cystic mass with a size of approximately 12 cm and exhibiting both hemorrhage and fluid collection in the pelvic cavity. Emergency angiography and embolization were performed, and a large hepatic tumor was subsequently surgically resected. The tumor cells stained positive for human melanoma black-45 and smooth-muscle actin, and the pathologic diagnosis was hepatic angiomyolipoma. This case report also discusses the spontaneous rupture of a hepatic angiomyolipoma.

Keyword

Angiomyolipoma; Liver; Spontaneous rupture; Human melanoma black-45

MeSH Terms

Actins/metabolism
Adult
Angiomyolipoma/*diagnosis/pathology/therapy
Embolization, Therapeutic
Hemorrhage
Humans
Liver/pathology
Liver Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Melanoma-Specific Antigens/metabolism
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Actins
Melanoma-Specific Antigens