Grieco A, Caminiti G, Doglietto GB, Miele L, Gasbarrini G

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In September 2001, during follow-up at our outpatient liver unit we detected by ultrasound a hypervascular mass adjacent to the VI hepatic segment in a 78-year-old HCV-positive cirrhotic woman. Subsequently abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed an infiltrative vascularized nodule (3.5 cm in diameter) at the lower border of the VI hepatic segment and magnetic resonance imaging showed a “tear-drop shaped” tumor. Serum alpha-fetoprotein levels were normal (4 ng/mL), liver function was good (prothrombin time 84%, albumin 3.3 g/dL), without anemia and thrombocytopenia. No extrahepatic lesions were found.