Three and half month baby boy presented with distension of abdomen and vomiting in the pediatric medicine department. The infant had a large hepatomegaly with liver span of 14cms. USG revealed multiple liver lesions involving the entire liver. All blood reports including serum alfa-feto-protien were within normal limits. A computed tomography (CT) scan of abdomen with triple phase study showed hepatomegaly with multifocal lesions diffusely scattered in both lobes of uncertain etiology (Fig. 1).
Liver biopsy (CT-Guided) was suggestive of Hemangiopericytoma. The baby was transferred to Pediatric Surgeon for further management. Hemangiopericytoma is a very rare condition in infants. Surgical excision is the only modality of treatment described so far. In this baby, liver transplantation was the only option as the liver was completed studded with the lesions. With experience of treating…
