A n giomyolipoma (AML), a benign mesenchymal tumor is frequently found in the kidney and, rarely, in the liver. The natural history of hepatic AML has not been clarified, and, because of the similar patterns in imaging studies, such as ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, some of these tumors have been over diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma.
The current article focuses on the role of non-invasive imaging studies showing distinctive characteristics of this tumor along with its management. Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) is a rare benign mesenchymal liver tumor belonging belongs to a group of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors called PEComa The tumor is composed of blood vessels, smooth muscle, and adipose cells and due to the variety of predominance of these tissues, its patterns in imaging studies have resulted in a difficulty in diagnosis and…
