Hepatic artery aneurysm in the setting of focal nodular hyperplasia

Kelly Laird, BS; Guy E. Johnson, MD; Raymond Yeung, MD; Bicong Wu, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Jul 2021)

Hepatic artery aneurysm in the setting of focal nodular hyperplasia

Kelly Laird, BS,
Guy E. Johnson, MD,
Raymond Yeung, MD,
Bicong Wu, MD

Affiliations

Kelly Laird, BS: Corresponding author.; Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Guy E. Johnson, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Raymond Yeung, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Bicong Wu, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 7
pp. 1672 – 1674

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Hepatic artery aneurysms (HAA) are rare and may be seen in the setting of infection and vascular disease. Clinical presentation is variable but many are found incidentally during imaging studies. The association of HAA with focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is rarely reported in literature. We present the case of a 68-year-old woman found to have a hepatic artery aneurysm and hepatic mass, both within the same liver segment. FNH and hepatic adenomas share similar imaging features but have different treatments due to malignant potential of the latter, and biopsy should be performed when adenoma cannot be excluded. In this case biopsy of the mass revealed it to be FNH and the aneurysm was treated with embolization rather than surgery.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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