Fat containing liver lesions
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A variety of benign and malignant liver lesions may contain macroscopic and or intracytoplasmic fat in sufficient quantities enabling characterization on imaging studies. Most fat containing liver lesions (80%) in patients with cirrhosis are malignant, most of which are hepatocellular carcinoma 3.
Benign
- focal fatty change
- hepatic angiomyolipoma
- focal nodular hyperplasia
- hepatic lipoma
- pseudolipoma of the Glisson capsule
- xanthomatous lesion of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)
- hepatic adenoma
- hepatic teratoma
- hepatic adrenal rest tumour: can rarely have malignant transformation
- postoperative: pack using omental tissue
Malignant
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- primary or secondary liposarcoma
See also
- +<li><a title="Pseudolipoma of the Glisson capsule" href="/articles/pseudolipoma-of-the-glisson-capsule">pseudolipoma of the Glisson capsule</a></li>