Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

October 2006, Case 610-1. Quiz set! Click here to see.

A 21 year-old woman with a hepatic mass.

Clinical informationThe patient was a 21 year-old female who complained of multiple episodes of epigastric discomfort with nausea and vomiting. An ultrasound examination was performed and revealed a hepatic mass in the left lobe of liver. A CT scan revealed a well defined mass that occupied most of the left lobe of the liver. The mass was excised. The followings are representative images of the specimen.

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The gross specimen as illustrated in Panel A is 242 gram and 11.0 x 8.0 x 5.5 cm.

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