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Hepatic Hemangioma: Pitfalls & Mimics, Part II


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In this video lecture, we focus on variants and malignant mimics of hemangioma and discuss how to characterize these masses on ultrasound, CT and MRI.

Key points include:

  • The ultrasound “target” sign is typical for hepatic metastases and appears as a lesion with a hypoechoic periphery and echogenic center.
  • Hemangiomas in a fatty liver may appear hypoechoic and mimic a more serious tumor but can be definitively characterized with MRI.
  • Sclerosed or hyalinized hemangiomas contain fibrous tissue and therefore have variable enhancement and diminished T2 hyperintensity.
  • Hemangiomas can be associated with arterioportal shunts and may be surrounded by areas of transient hepatic enhancement difference (THED) and peritumoral sparing of fatty infiltration.
  • Differential diagnostic considerations for hepatic hemangioma include hypervascular liver metastases (including melanoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor), intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma, and hepatic angiosarcoma.
  • Irregular rim enhancement is not the same as interrupted peripheral nodular enhancement and should raise suspicion for malignancy in a solid mass.
  • Metastatic tumors may progressively fill in and mimic hemangioma, but often show less pronounced “evil grey” T2 hyperintensity isointense to spleen, restrict diffusion, and have atypical enhancement.
  • Mass-forming, peripheral intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma can mimic hemangioma as both tumors demonstrate gradual progressive enhancement, but cholangiocarcinoma enhancement will be heterogeneous and not usually isointense to blood pool.
  • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is heterogeneously T2 hyperintense often with central hypointensity and overlying capsular retraction but may not have associated biliary ductal dilatation.
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