Laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatic angiomyolipoma with preoperative diagnosis of other malignancy: a report of 2 cases

Abstract Background Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) is a rare liver tumor, and hepatectomy is the only effective treatment. Due to the difficulty of correct diagnosis of HAML before surgery by image studies, more than 36.6% of reported HAMLs are misdiagnosed as other malignant liver tumors before surg...

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Main Authors: Yoh Asahi, Toshiya Kamiyama, Tatsuya Orimo, Shingo Shimada, Akihisa Nagatsu, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Chihiro Ishizuka, Kazuya Hamada, Hirofumi Kamachi, Emi Takakuwa, Tomoko Mitsuhashi, Akinobu Taketomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01125-7