Incidental finding of a hepatic angiomyolipoma
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چکیده
Angiomyolipoma (AML) of the liver is a very uncommon lipomatous neoplasm, usually asymptomatic and incidentally identified. We describe the imaging findings of a histologically confirmed case using different modalities (US, CT, and MRI). We review and correlate current literature with our imaging and histological findings.
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